Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 18:17-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 18 in context

Scripture Focus

17And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

19And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

23Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

24How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

25Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

2 Kings 18:17-25

Biblical Context

Rabshakeh challenges Hezekiah to trust in Egypt or in the LORD. The scene mirrors inner battles between external security and inner faith.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the vantage of the I AM, the scene is not a siege but an inner debate: the ego's loud Rabshakeh promises power through outward armies, urging you to lean on Egypt. The true king in this drama is your inner awareness that trusts the LORD within rather than the opinions of the crowd. When the voice proclaims 'Go up against this land,' you hear a call to rise in consciousness, not to conquer a city. The 'staff of this bruised reed' becomes your attachment to fragile worldly security. The Lord you serve is the I AM behind every thought and circumstance; the external threat dissolves when you recognize you are already protected by divine presence. The prophecy-like claim that the LORD sent the attack is a reminder that all moving forces in your life reflect your own invitation to believe in limitation or in boundless life. By choosing to trust the I AM, you reverse the scene: fear yields to faith, the external appears, and you awaken to a realization of inner sovereignty.