Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 11:4-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

4And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

5And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house;

6And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

7And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

8And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

9And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

10And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

11And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

2 Kings 11:4-11

Biblical Context

Jehoiada gathers rulers, forms a temple covenant, and assigns guards and watch to protect the king, establishing order around the throne.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the temple of your mind, Jehoiada’s gathering becomes a decision of consciousness: you affirm a fixed covenant with your higher self and reveal the king’s son—the divine idea you are to protect. The divisions of the watch mirror how you distribute attention: a third keeps the outer gates of habit, a third guards the gate at Sur and the gate behind the guard, while two parts hold the sabbath watch about the LORD’s house. This is not strategy for a world of facts, but an inner alignment: you encircle the king with your weapons of awareness, and any intrusion into your sacred space is confronted with a clear, decisive response. The giving of David’s spears and shields stands for your mental tools—faith, imagination, and focus—placed in the temple for use in safeguarding the throne. The result is a continuous, present guarding presence around the I AM, so that your king may go out and come in with confidence while the inner realm remains intact.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and declare, 'I covenant with my inner king; I will guard this throne with steady attention.' Then visualize a circle of light surrounding your inner king, with a third of your focus set at the outer gates, another third at the inner gates, and the rest poised to move with you through the day; feel it real.