Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 13:19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 13 in context

Scripture Focus

19And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

2 Kings 13:19

Biblical Context

The verse records a prophet's rebuke: the king should have struck Syria more times to fully defeat it. With only three victories now, his zeal was incomplete.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within me, the 'man of God' is the inner governor of belief, the I AM in action. The Syria of the text is my outward condition, fear, or habit pressing at the edge of consciousness. To smite it means to press through with unwavering faith until the condition is dissolved. If I settle for three victories, I am ceding power to limitation; the rebuke invites me to elevate my imagination to the full five or six, to exercise the total authority of my I AM until the entire temptation is consumed. This is not punishment but redirection: by assuming the end of complete victory, I awaken the power that already resides within me. Each persistent act of faith expands the inner kingdom and shifts outer circumstance. The number five or six represents complete, fearless persistence; the three I currently see is my cue to revise and to insist on a fuller realization of victory.