Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 7:40-47 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

40And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD:

41The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;

42And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars;

43And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;

44And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;

45And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass.

46In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

47And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.

1 Kings 7:40-47

Biblical Context

Hiram completed the brass vessels for Solomon’s temple—basins, pillars, networks, bases, and the sea with oxen—cast in Jordan and so numerous that their weight wasn’t recorded.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the chronicle of Hiram’s craft as a map of your own interior workshop. The brass vessels are not metal apart from your mind; they are states of consciousness forged by attention and imagination. The two pillars and their chapiters reveal the standing structures you rely on—the beliefs and halls within which your life moves. The networks and pomegranates are the patterns and fruits that spring from your inner decisions; all are cast in the ordinary clay of Jordan, the everyday awareness in which you live and move. When Solomon’s work is finished and the vessels are left unweighed, it is a sign that the inner creation has reached its abundance and you no longer measure it by outward weights or opinions. The house of the LORD within you stands ready: clear brass that reflects your true I AM—unseen, yet perfectly present, an order already established in consciousness. Your task is not to build something new but to awaken to what you already are: the temple of mind filled with perfected activity, reflecting divine order to everyone you encounter.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly and assume the inner workshop is complete; feel the brass vessels shining in your mind, and your life taking on orderly abundance as the temple is opened.