Neville Goddard on 1 Kings 9:15-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Kings 9 in context

Scripture Focus

15And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

16For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife.

17And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,

18And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,

19And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

1 Kings 9:15-19

Biblical Context

Solomon raises a levy to fund the house of the LORD, his own house, and fortified cities. It shows how wealth and planning serve a sacred and royal order.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, the king's levy is not a tax on people but a drawing of consciousness to align form with purpose. The house of the LORD stands not in stone alone but as the temple you build within your own awareness; the walls and gates symbolize stabilizing habits, guardrails of attention, and the boundary where fear yields to faith. Solomon's cities of store, chariots, and horsemen signify the various powers you marshal in mental space—projects, desires, and disciplines—set in place to sustain the inner kingdom. When Pharaoh's gift to Solomon's wife Gezer appears, it speaks of an outer power trying to acquire influence; yet you interpret it as an opportunity to re-allocate energy inward, to sanctify use of resources rather than be ruled by appearances. The broad dominion—Jerusalem, Lebanon, all the land—becomes the field of your life where you consent to the royal order of your I AM: you provide the structure, you supply the will, and you invite the royal mind to settle into your every action.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Choose a current aim and assume the form you desire—see yourself already building the inner temple, distributing your attention and energy to it. Feel it real now and let your outer world align with this inner architecture.