Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 3:23-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 3 in context

Scripture Focus

23Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

24And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.

25And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

26Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

27Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.

1 Kings 3:23-27

Biblical Context

Two women dispute which child is alive; Solomon proposes dividing the child to expose the truth. The merciful mother begs to spare the child, and Solomon declares the living child to be hers.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me there are two voices contending for the life of my desire. The sword of Solomon is the sharp attention I bring to my thoughts; it exposes what I truly love by forcing a stark choice. The living child stands for the thing I deeply want—health, harmony, success—born in the consciousness I inhabit. The two claims are not about others but about states of mind: one clings to possession and fear; the other, guided by mercy, seeks unity rather than division. The woman whose living child is hers embodies the higher principle: she would spare life rather than declare annihilation. When I rest in the I AM, I realize the life of my desire cannot be slain by my ego’s fear; it is preserved in the oneness of awareness. The king’s judgment is my inner shift from separation to wholeness: a decision to honor life in every form and to give the life of the idea to the one who recognizes it as mine. The result is a single, undeniable truth: the life I seek already exists in the I AM, waiting only for me to accept it.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, visualize your deepest desire as the living child, and say, 'I AM gives life to this desire; I choose unity and wholeness.' Feel the scene as already real in your chest.