Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 4:1-22 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.

2Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

3And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

4It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

5And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.

6He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.

7And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.

9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.

10And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south.

11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;

12To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;

13And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.

14He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;

15One sea, and twelve oxen under it.

16The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass.

17In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

19And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;

20Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;

21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;

22And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

2 Chronicles 4:1-22

Biblical Context

Solomon builds a brass altar, a large brass sea, ten lavers, candlesticks, tables and other gold vessels for worship in the house of the LORD; these furnishings enable ritual purity and holy presence.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your mind is the temple; the brass altar is the firm decision you plant in consciousness, the first assumption you offer to the great I AM. The molten sea and the oxen beneath it symbolize the circulating life of awareness that supports every act of worship, a dynamic flow around the center of your being. The ten lavers represent disciplined beliefs you wash through before you offer, yet the sea remains the inner purifier for the whole priesthood of your thoughts. The gold candlesticks, tables, and vessels embody fixed ideas clothed in sensation until they blaze as real experience. When you dwell in this image, you invite the Presence of God not as a distant event but as the I AM recognized as your own true nature. Holiness, abundance, and order unfold as the natural outpicturing of a mind that has renovated its inner sanctuary. The riches you see are not external treasures but perceptions you have chosen to embody as reality because you know I AM is the sole being within you.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the feeling of I AM as the sovereign ruler of your inner temple; envision the brass altar, the sea, and the gold vessels already in place, radiating with realized consciousness. Hold this present-tense state for several minutes, then step back into daily life carrying the certainty of a renewed,ف temple within.