Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 24:2-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

2And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

3And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.

4And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.

5And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not.

6And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

7For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim.

8And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD.

9And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.

10And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

11Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

13So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.

14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.

15But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.

16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

2 Chronicles 24:2-16

Biblical Context

Joash lived righteously under Jehoiada and set about repairing the temple. He gathered money from Judah and Jerusalem and funded the builders until the house was repaired and Jehoiada died.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the awakened reader, this chapter is a map of inner enterprise. The house of the LORD is not a stone building but the state of awareness you steward within. Jehoiada embodies the I AM—the disciplined, guiding presence—that stands at the gate, gathering your inner resources and directing them toward a worthy end. When Joash resolves to repair, he does not conjure tools from without; he pulls energy from within—money, time, care—and assigns them to the service of truth. The chest at the gate is your psychic ledger: what you allow into your attention becomes the timber, the stone and the gold that shape your inner sanctuary. The Levites' delay mirrors familiar doubt within; yet the king’s command and the priest’s steady oversight finally unify intention and action, and the temple rises in its state. The rest of the money, vessels, and offerings stand as the fruits of faith made visible. Through this inner work, holiness is sustained, and the self remains loyal to its divine house, even as the ages pass.

Practice This Now

Imitate Joash today: seat yourself at the 'gate' of your inner temple, declare, 'I repair this temple now,' and imagine gathering the inner currency of attention, belief, and feeling to fund the craftsmen of focus, reverence, and service. See Jehoiada, your higher mind, directing masons and carpenters to repair the house within; feel the temple strengthened.