Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 9:12-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 9 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not.

13And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.

1 Kings 9:12-13

Biblical Context

Hiram visits to inspect Solomon's gifts, finds them displeasing, and names the land Cabul. The text suggests inner judgments can sour favorable gifts when the mind remains misnamed and distant from unity.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's sense, Hiram's outward complaint is a mirror of an inner state. The cities Solomon pours into the Tyrian mind are not external plots but pictures of states of consciousness offered to you by the I AM. When Hiram says 'What cities are these?' he names the gifts as something alien, thereby breaking the unity of you and your neighbor within. This 'land of Cabul'—a name meaning desolation—stands for a mind that has refused to revise an experience with love, or to rename it as a holy extension of your own I AM. The scene teaches that the material world reflects your inner consent. If you insist the gifts are imperfect, you will experience 'Cabul'—a disfavoring of the very favors you claim you desire. The remedy is simple: assume the gifts are exactly what you need, and feel that you are already united with them. By renaming your perception from lack to abundance, you convert the outer landscape into a garden of unity, where neighbor and self are one.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare, I AM the governor of my inner land; I rename this gift as abundance. Feel it real by sinking into unity with the gift and the giver.