Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 21:3-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 21 in context

Scripture Focus

3For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.

4And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.

5And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

7And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

2 Kings 21:3-7

Biblical Context

Manasseh's actions show a mind crowded with idols and altars, worshiping external powers instead of the I AM. The passage invites us to see how consciousness can misplace true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this reading, the temple is not a stone structure but your own consciousness. Manasseh’s high places, Baal altars, and the grove symbolize beliefs and desires that have re-erected themselves in the mind after reform. The host of heaven represents restless thoughts claiming authority, while the altar in the LORD’s house marks the mind’s habit of permitting conflicting loyalties. The acts of enchantments, familiar spirits, and passing through the fire are images of the mind dimly surrendering vitality to fear, superstition, or egoistic power. Yet the text speaks of a house destined to bear the name of God forever—the I AM within you. Your work is to reverse these tendencies: withdraw attention from every idol and re-center on the one Presence that makes the temple blessed. When you recognize the I AM as the sole ruler of your inner temple, idolatry loses its grip and true worship becomes your perpetual state.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner house is wholly consecrated to the I AM. Revise every competing altar—fear, doubt, pride—into one living altar that the I AM now occupies; feel it real by resting in the sense, I am.