Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 22:1 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 22 in context

Scripture Focus

1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

2 Kings 22:1

Biblical Context

Josiah begins to reign at eight years old and rules Jerusalem for thirty-one years; the text also names his mother Jedidah.

Neville's Inner Vision

You are not reading a history lesson, but a map of states of consciousness. The eight-year-old Josiah represents the moment the I AM awakens to dominion within your mind. A child king, not of clamor but of quiet sovereignty, begins to reign over Jerusalem—the inner city of your thoughts—by one simple act: you assume you are king of how life moves inside you. The long thirty-one years symbolize the steady reign of a settled assumption, kept alive by Jedidah, the mother field of inspiration and nourishment that feeds your ruling idea. Jedidah is not a person here but the tender inner counsel that guides your decisions, ensuring the new state remains anchored in love and wisdom. When you hold this new awareness, events in your life align with it, not to prove you are powerful, but to reveal that you already are the power behind them. The kingdom of God is the inner kingdom where you govern with compassion, order, and faith. The key is that authority comes as you feel it real, solitude in action, and consistency in using the imagination to enact your reign.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, feel the I AM as the ruler within, and revise a sense of lack by declaring I reign here and now. Visualize Jedidah guiding the inner decisions as you let the feeling of the wish fulfilled wash over you.