Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 35:18-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 35 in context

Scripture Focus

18And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

19In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

21But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

22Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

24His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

2 Chronicles 35:18-24

Biblical Context

Josiah preserves an extraordinary Passover, then confronts outward forces, is wounded in battle, and dies; Judah mourns his passing.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner theater of your mind, there is no Passover like the one you awaken to when you acknowledge your own I AM. Josiah stands as the noble self within, a king who clears a temple of awareness and invites the light into his house. Necho and the armies of outward circumstance are not foes of the past; they are the appearance of thoughts and pressures that come to test your allegiance to the inner decree. When the king is told, 'God commanded me to make haste,' you glimpse a higher command moving through you, calling you to move with purpose rather than be ruled by fear. Yet to bend from that word—to disguise yourself with fear or stubbornness—means you fight with the mouth of God and invite a wound to your sense of self. The arrows that strike Josiah are symbols of limiting beliefs, not actual losses; their effect is to reveal what you truly identify with. The true Passover is spiritual remembrance: you pass over from lack to fullness, from separation to unity with God. The death of the king is not tragedy but a shift into higher consciousness, a step in your ongoing manifestation.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the I AM here and now; revise any limitation by declaring, 'I am guided by divine wisdom now,' and feel that certainty saturate your body until it is undeniable.