Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 2:17-18 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 2 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.

18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.

2 Chronicles 2:17-18

Biblical Context

Solomon counts the strangers in Israel and assigns them tasks: bearers of burdens, workers in the mountains, and overseers over the people. The passage shows ordered administration and the authority of the king.

Neville's Inner Vision

In your inner life the strangers represent the hidden faculties of consciousness awaiting recognition. The census is your awareness taking stock of every impulse, belief, and capacity, and naming each as part of your kingly self. To appoint them to burdens, mountain work, and oversight is to take up inward governance with wisdom and discernment. The king is not a distant ruler but the I AM within you ordering experience. When you imagine differently you can turn external order into inner order, and your world begins to reflect the harmony of a rightly governed soul. This is the kingdom of God as practical psychology: the authority of consciousness guiding the energy of your days, aligning every part toward a single purpose. The numbers are symbols for attention, discipline, and creative direction, not a collection of strangers to fear; they are your inner workforce waiting for your compassionate leadership.

Practice This Now

Assume you are king over your inner world. Picture a ledger listing your faculties and assign each a constructive task toward a single aim; then feel the energy aligning as you direct the flow of your life.