Neville Goddard on 2 Chronicles 8:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Chronicles 8 in context

Scripture Focus

1And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,

2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.

3And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.

4And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath.

5Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

6And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.

2 Chronicles 8:1-6

Biblical Context

Solomon completes the temple and his house, then expands by building cities, storehouses, and fortified towns across the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Twenty years here is not time measured, but the length of steady attention in consciousness. Solomon stands as the I AM in action, ruler of an inner dominion who expands not by force but by the conditions of awareness becoming real. The 'cities' are inner dispositions—habits of thought, loves, and loyalties—that you invite to dwell within your being. The 'store cities' and 'storehouses' are your reservoirs—memory, principles, and powers you have prepared for use. The 'chariot cities' and 'cities of the horsemen' symbolize the energies you marshal: imagination, courage, and movement, kept in order under your awareness. Hamath and Tadmor mark thresholds where you choose what your life will allow and what it will resist. The grand message is practical: undertake a disciplined interior project, revise what you believed, and through feeling it real let outer circumstances reflect the abundance of your inner empire. This is not conquest but alignment with a timeless order of being, where the I AM builds through you a kingdom that is present now and grows as you renew your mind.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume you are the ruler of an inner city; choose one storehouse to build today and feel it completed—walls standing, gates secure, prosperity flowing.