Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 35 in context

Scripture Focus

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 35:20-24

Biblical Context

Josiah, after preparing the temple, goes out to meet Necho. He is wounded by archers and dies, and all Judah mourns.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this story, the temple work stands as the mind purified and ready; the outward clash with Necho is the mind pressed by fate and by the belief that the outer voice carries God’s command. 'God commanded me to make haste' is the ego's attempt to narrate a sacred mission from the mouth of the world, not from the I AM within. Josiah would not turn from him and even disguises himself, clinging to a self-made righteousness and resisting the simple, quiet guidance that speaks from the heart. When he hearkens not to the mouth of God but to the letter of an external message, the inner alignment is broken; the valley of Megiddo becomes the arena where consciousness tests its grip on reality. The archers' wound and the king's death symbolize the old self being wounded by its refusal to yield to inner direction. Mourning follows as the soul releases the past story. Yet the Kingdom of God remains within; true power is living in harmony with the I AM rather than proving it in the world.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, declare I AM the God within me now, and revise any external command to reflect inner guidance; feel the peace of being led by the inner voice.