Solomon's Inner Organization

1 Kings 5:13-16 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 Kings 5 in context

Scripture Focus

13And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
14And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy.
15And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
16Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work.
1 Kings 5:13-16

Biblical Context

Solomon levied Israel's manpower for a monumental project, organizing workers and officers to carry out the temple-building task.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Solomon, the levy is not merely taxation but a revelation of the inner order of the kingdom of God. Each group of workers corresponds to a department of consciousness: the thirty thousand enlisted in shifts are the steady, circulating thoughts; the Adoniram over the levy is the inner management, the I AM overseeing your attention; the seventy thousand bear burdens and eighty thousand hewers in the mountains, with three thousand and three hundred officers over the work. In Neville's view, these numbers symbolize the disciplined powers of your mind, organized and directed by a wise inner governor. The king's command is obedience to law, not external labor; the work is the activity of your imagination in form and manifestation. When you align your desires with a coherent plan and keep the channels of supply open, your inner resources—memory, energy, discernment—bear burdens and shape form. The three thousand three hundred officers correspond to the faculties that supervise this activity: imagination, perception, steadiness, and the ability to choose which thoughts go to work. In this frame, the building of a temple becomes a living practice of faithfulness and discernment, guided by I AM awareness and purpose.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of Solomon over your inner levy. Visualize a clear plan for your mental resources and feel the authority of I AM directing every part to complete the temple of your life.

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