Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 3:5-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 3 in context

Scripture Focus

5In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

6And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

7And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.

8And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.

9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

1 Kings 3:5-9

Biblical Context

God appears to Solomon in a dream and offers any request. Solomon, mindful of mercy shown to David, asks for an understanding heart to judge this great people.

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon's dream is not a distant event but an inner turning. The Lord appearing in the night is the I AM stirring your awareness to a moment of choosing. He begins by recounting mercy shown to David, acknowledging that the throne is a burden as well as a gift, and that the mind can feel small—“I am but a little child.” Yet this humility is the soil in which true wisdom grows. The request for an understanding heart is the deepest desire of the king within: the capacity to discern between good and bad, between appearances and reality, so that the people of God—your inner multitude of thoughts and impulses—may be governed by truth. The world you judge is first the world you carry inside; to judge rightly is to align images with the underlying law of life. God does not grant power first; He endows the mind with discernment, the faculty by which imagination can govern its own images. So turn your attention within, and know that the I AM is asking you to assume—now—this capacity. You are the king of your own kingdom only to the degree you discern rightly.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and declare, I am the I AM, and I already possess an understanding heart. In imagination, see yourself in Gibeon hearing the question, and feel the steady, discerning flow guiding every choice.