Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 23:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 23 in context

Scripture Focus

1And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.

2And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.

3And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

2 Kings 23:1-3

Biblical Context

The king gathers the elders and people, reads the book of the covenant, and makes a vow to walk after the LORD with all heart and soul, with the people agreeing.

Neville's Inner Vision

To Neville, this scene is not history but a state of consciousness awakening to its own law. The gathering of elders, priests, prophets, and all the people stands for the entire I AM-consciousness coming into alignment. Reading the words of the covenant aloud is the moment consciousness attends to a law that already exists within, not something handed down from without. The king's posture by the pillar marks a fixed point of attention, a deliberate stance of awareness that invites the I AM to covenant with itself. To walk after the LORD, and to keep commandments and testimonies and statutes with all heart and soul, is to align outward life with inner truth, to become the living embodiment of the covenant. When the people stand to the covenant, the collective mind endorses the decision, and the outer world is compelled to reflect that inner decree. The practical meaning for you: the inner law will appear as your daily life as you assume the state of covenant, revise every anxious thought, and feel it real that you are kept by the Law in all you do.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the I AM is the sole Law of your life now. Fix your attention as if narrating a covenant aloud, and feel in your heart and soul that you walk after the LORD and keep His commandments, until this vow becomes your lived reality.