Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 18:9-12 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 18 in context

Scripture Focus

9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.

10And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.

11And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

12Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

2 Kings 18:9-12

Biblical Context

Shalmaneser's siege of Samaria lasted three years and ended in exile for Israel due to disobedience to the LORD's covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the chapter as a portrait of the inner city. Samaria represents a state of consciousness; the siege is the mind’s resistance when it refuses to hear the voice of the LORD. The Assyrian king is not merely a conqueror from without, but the dominant thought of limitation you entertain when you forget your I AM. The capture after three years mirrors the moment your attention hardens around a belief in separation from God. Yet the text also holds a doorway: by choosing to end the story in your imagination—seeing yourself already guided by the I AM and free—you invite restoration. The lesson is not punishment but a shift in awareness. When you revise the scene to align with divine hearing, you dissolve the siege in your inner landscape, and the external world follows your restored harmony. The inner exile thus becomes a memory you revise, returning you to your true fortification: consciousness aligned with God.

Practice This Now

Assume you are the governor of your inner Samaria; close your eyes, feel the I AM as a warm sovereign presence, and declare: I am free, I hear and obey the LORD in all forms. Then dwell in that feeling until it becomes your normal state.