Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 10:5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 10 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

2 Kings 10:5

Biblical Context

Officials pledge loyalty to Jehu, promising to do all he bids and to refrain from appointing a king; they defer to his guidance and seek what is good in his eyes.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this verse, the house, the city, and the elders symbolize the various faculties within you. Jehu stands for the living principle of imagination, the ruler you empower within. The declaration, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us, signals the moment you consent to let your higher self govern, to act according to what is good in the eyes of that inner ruler. The striking line, we will not make any king, is not a denial of leadership but a release from old kings—the habitual thoughts of lack, limitation, and fear that pretend to govern your life. By yielding to the inner governor, you invite a new authority to act through you, aligning thought, feeling, and image with the 'good' that your I AM already knows. When you accept this governance, your outward world begins to respond as though this inner reign were already established. The inner king isn’t a distant power but your own consciousness choosing what is true and good in the moment.

Practice This Now

Assume the posture of the inner governor: imagine every part of you—the house, the city, the elders—bowing to a single ruler. Say, 'There is one king in me, and I appoint what is good,' then feel that authority as real now.