Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 10:1-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying,

2Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour;

3Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.

4But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand?

5And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

6Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.

7And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.

8And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.

9And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?

10Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

11So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.

2 Kings 10:1-11

Biblical Context

Jehu executes the purge of Ahab's line as commanded, removing the old dynasty to make way for a new reign. The events illustrate how inner forces, when aligned with purpose, clear away old patterns to reveal a higher order of consciousness.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within your mind, Ahab stands for a fixed, compromising self-state—habitual fear and concession to the old order. The seventy sons are your future selves formed by old beliefs. Jehu’s letter commanding their heads is your I AM speaking with authority, ordering the release of these old identities. The elders and the keepers of the children are your habits and routines pledging obedience to the new ruler. The heads laid in baskets symbolize the tangible effects of surrendering the old state to the new order. When the morning comes and Jehu declares that the word of the LORD has been fulfilled by Elijah, he affirms that the inner decree, once truly felt in your imagination, manifests in your world. You are the governor of your kingdom; the I AM within you establishes a new reign by a decisive, felt-imagined act of inner authority.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner role of Jehu and command your old self to yield; proclaim that the I AM now reigns in your mind. Then close your eyes, see old patterns carried away in baskets, and feel the throne of your new king seated firmly within.