Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 22:3-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

3And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,

4Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:

5And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,

6Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

7Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.

8And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

9And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.

10And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.

11And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.

12And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,

13Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.

14So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

15And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

16Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:

17Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.

18But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard;

19Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

20Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

2 Kings 22:3-20

Biblical Context

Josiah’s eighteenth year sees temple repairs after the book of the law is found. Hearing its words, he mourns, seeks guidance, and is promised mercy for turning toward the inner law.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this tale the temple is your mind, and the repairs are the disciplined acts of reordering belief. The finding of the book of the law is the moment you discover the inner statute that governs your life—the law of your I AM. When Shaphan reads it to the king, reality becomes audible to your awareness: a law you must heed if you would heal the breaches of your life. Josiah’s response—renting his clothes, seeking guidance—marks a turning of the heart from habitual faith to precise obedience. The inquiry to the LORD for all Judah is your turn to consult the inner oracle, and the answer from Huldah is not external doom but a summons to align with the truth you now recognize. Because Josiah’s heart was tender, because he wept before the I AM, the wrath is postponed and peace is granted in the inward settlement of things. The outer world then reflects this inward alignment: the evil you anticipated yields to a larger order. You and Josiah are one: hear the law, live by it with humility, and you awaken to the true reign of your consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and assume you have found the inner Book of the Law; hear its words as the voice of the I AM guiding you to repair the breaches in your life. Feel the certainty of that alignment settle in your chest as you act from the renewed law within.