Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 22:22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 22 in context

Scripture Focus

22And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.

1 Samuel 22:22

Biblical Context

David admits that he knew Doeg would tell Saul. He also states that his own actions contributed to the deaths of Abiathar’s family.

Neville's Inner Vision

David’s confession is not a historical tally but the recognition of a state. The I that fears betrayal by Doeg is the same I that ends up creating a world where betrayal becomes real. When Doeg appeared, a choice arose in the inner man: to stand in alignment with the life-giving law or to yield to fear and suspicion. The moment he declared, I knew it that day, he names the inner movement—the belief that danger is external and fate irreversible. Yet the passage invites us to see that the killings he mentions are the outer shadow of an inner script: a consciousness convinced of scarcity and danger. In Neville’s terms, the outer event is but the echo of the inward drama. The cure is to reverse the inner state: claim the I AM as the sole governor of reality, forgive the apparent traitor of thought, and reaffirm that no power exists but the silent, benevolent awareness within. So the death becomes a signal to repent not of acts but of the belief that you are at the mercy of events.

Practice This Now

Assume the state: I am the I AM, sovereign over all events. In imagination, revise the scene so Doeg's report never triggers tragedy; feel the relief of that revised state as real.