Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 22:1-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 22 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

2Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.

4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

5He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.

6And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.

7And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.

8And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.

9And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.

10But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.

11But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

12And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land.

2 Chronicles 22:1-12

Biblical Context

The passage chronicles Ahaziah's brief, troubled reign under Athaliah's influence, the purge of the royal line by Jehu, Athaliah's attempt to destroy the royal seed, and Joash's hidden preservation in the temple for six years.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the Neville lens, these kings and queens are pictures of our states of consciousness. Ahaziah’s brief reign stands for a short-lived, insecure rule born of alignment with the old, fear-soaked patterns—the 'house of Ahab' that dominates when the mind yields to counsels of destruction. Athaliah, the mother of the king, embodies the stubborn emotional pull that would wipe out the seeds of true being when we neglect covenant loyalty to the I AM. Jehu’s judgment upon the house of Ahab is the inward act of consciousness that arises when the desire for truth becomes stronger than habit, sweeping away what no longer serves. The removal of Ahaziah and the slaying of his seed represent the shedding of false lineages of thought, while Jehoshabeath’s act of hiding Joash mirrors the silent, protecting work of Spirit in the temple of God, where the true self is nurtured out of sight. Six years of hiding signify a period of inner cultivation before the new king can be revealed to the world. In this light, the chapter invites us to trust the inner process where the I AM quietly prepares a sovereign self that will reign in the heart.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the I AM is king in your mind now. Revise the scene by declaring, 'I am the King of this consciousness,' and feel it real as the hidden Joash rises to reign.