Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 23:13 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 23 in context

Scripture Focus

13And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

2 Kings 23:13

Biblical Context

Josiah destroys the high places once dedicated to foreign gods. The action signifies purifying the mind from ingrained idols and loyalties that have compromised true worship.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you there are altars you have fed with named gods—wealth, ego, habit, fear—altars Solomon raised in a consciousness that forgot the One I AM. The scripture speaks of defiling the high places before Jerusalem, not to punish history but to awaken the inner liturgy to true worship. When you mistake yourself for your projects, you keep duplicated loyalties; you worship the idea of God and the thing, not the Living I AM. Josiah’s act of cleansing becomes your practice of revision: you turn away from the old images and refuse to feed them with attention. Replace them with the awareness that you are the temple of the living God, and that the kingship within is the I AM. The high places vanish as you realize all symbols of power are but expressions of your inner state. By assuming the end you desire, you seal the transformation; the kingdom is within, and you are the altar, consecrated to one Reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state 'I AM' as the sole ruler of your mind and revise any image of lack or competing god. Feel it real that the altars are removed and the temple is whole.