Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 23:16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 23 in context

Scripture Focus

16And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

2 Kings 23:16

Biblical Context

Josiah turns, discovers the tombs, and, in obedience to the prophet's word, removes the bones and burns them on the altar to purify it.

Neville's Inner Vision

When you behold 2 Kings 23:16, see Josiah as your own turning in consciousness. He moves from attention to tombs without and to an inner determination; the sepulchres are the buried beliefs and self-images you keep hidden within. The bones he removes and burns on the altar symbolize releasing old claims to identity—bone-dust of yesterday’s fears and pride—that keep your awareness tethered to the past. By fulfilling the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God, Josiah demonstrates how alignment with divine word within requires decisive action in imagination and feeling. The inner altar is your awareness; to purify it you must separate from the stale signs of the old state. This purification isn’t punishment but reclamation: the judgment you call out is accountability to your higher self, and the promise is renewal—the birth of a new state of consciousness in which holiness governs thought, feeling, and deed. See the event as a law of consciousness: as you turn and cleanse, you incarnate a higher reality.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already purified. Sit quietly, turn your inner gaze to the mount, and imagine bones in tombs being carried away and burned on your inner altar. Feel the lift of holiness and declare, I AM purified in this moment.