Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 34:3-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 34 in context

Scripture Focus

3For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

4And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.

5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

6And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

7And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 34:3-7

Biblical Context

Josiah, though young, seeks the God of David and systematically removes idols, altars, and images from Judah, cleansing the land and returning to a centered, worshipful Jerusalem.

Neville's Inner Vision

In Neville's lens, the eighth year is the moment your inner king awakens to the God within—the I AM. The high places, groves, carved and molten images are not mere stones but states of consciousness: fear, pride, attachment, and the belief in separation. Purging them is not violence against geography but a revision of mind. When the altars are broken and the images reduced to powder, you dissolve fixed patterns of belief; the dust on graves signals freeing the memory of past sacrifices to false gods. Burning the bones of the priests upon their altars denotes dissolving the old authorities that once ruled your inner life, releasing power to the present I AM. The sweep through Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, Naphtali represents a comprehensive cleansing of every facet of self. Returning to Jerusalem signifies aligning with the center of consciousness where the I AM abides. The lesson is simple: remove idolized thoughts, and your inner world becomes spacious enough for the living God to dwell.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare, 'I awaken to the God within; I cast down every idol of fear and limitation in my mind, grinding them to dust.' Then rest in the I AM for a minute to feel the new clarity.