Inner Law Unearthed in Judah

2 Kings 22:8-14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 2 Kings 22 in context

Scripture Focus

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.
2 Kings 22:8-14

Biblical Context

Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law, Shaphan reads it to the king, the king grieves, and a path emerges to seek divine guidance for restoring covenant obedience.

Neville's Inner Vision

What you are witnessing is the inner turning of a man toward his true law. The 'book of the law' is not mere parchment but the standard of consciousness by which life is measured. When Hilkiah hands the book to Shaphan and the king hears its words, an inner recognition arises: life has not conformed to this higher law. The tearing of the king's clothes is the symbolic moment of awakening, a shift from denial to responsibility. The command to 'enquire of the LORD' becomes a directive to seek the inner tutor—the I AM within—asking what this law requires of you now, not what it demanded of ancestors. The trip to Huldah the prophetess mirrors turning to inner wisdom and applying practical steps to realign with truth. The renewal of covenant loyalty comes not through external ritual but through a living alignment of consciousness with the law found. In your own imagination, when you acknowledge this inner law and align with it, the apparent wrath and confusion dissolve, and you step into a chapter authored by your renewed state of awareness.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling of holding the Book of the Law within your temple; revise any fear by declaring, 'I am aligned with the inner law now,' and feel the relief as your decisions begin to reflect that covenant.

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