Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 12:17-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 12 in context

Scripture Focus

17Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

18And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.

19And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

20And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

21For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 12:17-21

Biblical Context

Externally, Syria presses Jerusalem; Joash sends temple riches to satisfy the foe, and betrayal within finishes the king's reign.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your inner drama mirrors the surface moves. Hazael symbolizes fear pressing on your inner Jerusalem; Jehoash's act of taking sacred things and gold and sending them away is the mind trading inner wealth for external security. The true wealth is the I AM you are, the living temple of awareness. When you barter faith for fear, the house of the LORD grows weak, and conspiracies arise in the hidden chambers—self-justifications and doubts that smite the ego. The killing in Millo marks the collapse of an old self and invites a new state of consciousness. The antidote is simple: refuse to barter your inner riches for fear; align with I AM and imagine the kingdom of harmony already established in you.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling that the inner temple is already fully supplied. Picture yourself as Joash calmly refusing to give away its gold; replace fear with I AM-present abundance, and feel it real.