Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 15:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 15 in context

Scripture Focus

1Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

2Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

4And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 15:1-5

Biblical Context

Samuel relays God's command to Saul to utterly destroy Amalek and all that they have, and Saul gathers the army and advances toward Amalek.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the call is not to conquer a nation but to purge the inner Amalek—the stubborn habits and dim beliefs that wait in the path of your rising awareness. The anointing of Saul represents your awakening to the I AM, the inner king who is to reign by listening to the voice of the Lord within. The Lord of hosts is the boundless power that activates when you attend to the inner command. To destroy what Amalek has is to release every attachment that feeds fear, pride, or separation, even the infantile patterns that cling to special-case thinking. When you slay Amalek, you are choosing the end of the alliance with limitation, not violence against others. Forget not the infant and suckling; these are tender beliefs that must be examined and surrendered. Counting the people is counting the faculties of mind; the valley is the arena where doubt lingers. The inner army rests only when obedience to the inner law is total, and the king within becomes your undeniable reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the inner command has already destroyed Amalek within you; revise lingering fears and feel the steady king arise as your true self.