Neville Goddard on 1 Samuel 27:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 1 Samuel 27 in context

Scripture Focus

9And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

10And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

11And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 27:9-11

Biblical Context

David raids the land, taking goods and leaving no witnesses, which mirrors a fear-driven inner act. He then deceives Achish, reporting a false campaign to protect his hidden motive—an inner pattern of concealment in consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

David's raid and concealment are not history but an inner drama of the mind. The land and its flocks stand for inner faculties and supplies you claim by assumption. The Philistine camp is the outer world pressing you to declare who you truly are. When he answers with a calculated report against Judah, the ego tests whether you will own a state in which you are already safe and provided. The phrase 'So did David' marks a habitual pattern in your thinking: to move covertly, to hide your true purpose to avoid judgment. The remedy is to refuse that old pattern. Step into the I AM as your constant, universal awareness. Assume that all needs are supplied, and begin to act from that reality, not from fear of exposure. In imagination, dwell in the I AM and let your choices flow from that truth. As you feel it real, you will not prey upon inner resources nor conceal them; you will reveal your true intention to the inner and outer world as one living truth.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and revise the scene by declaring, 'I am the I AM, and all provision is mine now.' Feel the abundance as real and act from that state in the next decision you make.