Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 32:1-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

2And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,

3He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.

4So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?

5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.

6And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,

7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 32:1-8

Biblical Context

Sennacherib's advance prompts Hezekiah to defend Jerusalem by stopping external waters, reinforcing walls, and encouraging the people with faith that God is with them.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this passage the city stands as your consciousness, and the siege of Sennacherib as the pressure of fear and apparent limitation. Hezekiah’s actions— halting the fountains, strengthening walls, and organizing captains—are symbolic for inner discipline: you halt the streams of restless thought, you fortify your attention against distraction, and you align your inner resources. When he speaks to the people, asserting that there are more with us than with him, he directs you to recognize the one true power within: the I AM, the LORD our God, ever present as your awareness. The “arm of flesh” represents external methods that ignore the spiritual law; the true battle is waged in consciousness, where faith and calm prevail. Resting on those words brings a state of certainty where guidance and protection arise from within, transforming perceived danger into a field of possibility. As you inhabit that inner stance, your life mirrors a fortified city where fear loses its force and divine presence governs every decision and sensation.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and revise the siege as a dream; declare, 'The I AM within me is my defense and strength' and feel that truth until fear dissolves.