Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 36:1-13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 36 in context

Scripture Focus

1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

2Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

5Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

7Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:1-13

Biblical Context

The chapter recounts a line of unruly Judahite kings and their exile, illustrating decline that follows turning away from the LORD.

Neville's Inner Vision

All these chapters speak not of distant kings alone but of inner states wearing outward crowns. When Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah neglect the I AM, they unleash a rule of fear, compromise, and rebellion in their land—the outer arena becomes a mirror of inner dispositions. The exile to Babylon is first a displacement of awareness, a turning away from the temple within. In Neville's law, the material sorrow is but the effect of a belief that consciousness can be ruled from without. The remedy is not to chase external reform but to re-imagine the ruler within: you are the I AM, and your land obeys your inward posture. By assuming the royal presence now, by feeling that your Jerusalem is intact in spirit, you reverse the movement; the fetters loosen as belief shifts. So you may acknowledge that the kings you have known have already served as signposts, guiding you to claim dominion through inner recognition. The moment you awaken to this sovereignty, the world aligns with your inner truth and your exile ends in the light of realized inception.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Sit quietly, breathe, and assume the I AM is the sovereign ruler of your inner land. Revise any belief of lack by feeling that your life is already governed by consciousness.