Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 17:9-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 17 in context

Scripture Focus

9And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:

2 Kings 17:9-10

Biblical Context

The verse describes Israel secretly doing wrong toward the LORD and setting up high places and images in many locations.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, this verse is a map of the mind. The 'children of Israel' are every state of consciousness that strays from the I AM. The 'secretly' doing of what is not right signals those beliefs and imaginations that operate below waking attention. The 'high places' erected in every city, hill, and grove mirror fixed ideas and attachments—habits and desires that claim allegiance to things other than the I AM. When you reinterpret 'images and groves' as inner pictures and routines, you see that false worship is not out there but within your own imagination. The 'tower of the watchmen' and the 'fenced city' reveal a mind that surveys and guards some thoughts while other truths are neglected. The cure is revision: awaken to the I AM and intentionally revise every inner image until it yields true worship—consistent alignment with love, truth, and wholeness. Return to the inner temple where no idol can stand, for you are the power animating it and the awareness that gives it life.