Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 11:17-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 11 in context

Scripture Focus

17And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.

18And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

19And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house.

21Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

2 Kings 11:17-21

Biblical Context

Jehoiada establishes a covenant between the LORD, the king, and the people to be the LORD's; the land then destroys Baal worship, installs proper worship at the temple, and crowns Jehoash while Athaliah is slain.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville vantage, the scripture is not a history but a map of your inner state. The king is your conscious, the people are your habits, and the LORD is the I AM awareness. The covenant is a decision in imagination: align your inner king with the Lord within, declaring that you and the LORD are one. The people going to the house of Baal to destroy it represents the erasure of counterfeit images—fear, doubt, limitation—that have claimed power in the mind. The officers over the house of the LORD are the guards you appoint to maintain reverence, order, and true worship in consciousness. The dethroning of Athaliah signals the end of the old ruling idea that you are separate from God. The seven-year-old Jehoash embodies the childlike readiness of mind to be crowned by the I AM, not by external rulers. The peace of the city mirrors the stillness of dwelling in a single I AM state. The inward act precedes the outward order; your life will align when the inner decree is believed as real.

Practice This Now

Impose the state now: close your eyes and declare, 'I am the LORD'S,' and see Baal's temple crumble within your mind. Then feel the inner king seated on the throne, guarded by steadfast officers of truth.