Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 25:8-21 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 25 in context

Scripture Focus

8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

9And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.

10And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.

11Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away.

12But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

13And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.

14And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.

15And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

16The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

18And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:

19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

20And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:

21And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.

2 Kings 25:8-21

Biblical Context

Jerusalem is burned and sacked; the temple and walls fall, and the people are carried away, with the poor left to tend the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the outer ruin as a mirror of an inner state. Nebuzaradan appears as the decree of necessity, the inner guard that comes when consciousness forgets its wholeness. The burning of the house and the walls signals the dismantling of stale identifications—pride, security, and external symbols—in favor of a deeper awakening. The deportation of the people and the scattering of the vessels symbolize the letting go of attachments and images of self. Yet within this sentence of judgment there lies a quiet invitation: the poor, unadorned parts of self, left to tend the land, hold the seed of renewal. The brass pillars, the sea, the gold and silver—all are inner images that, when seen with awareness, dissolve into formless awareness. The king of Babylon is your higher I AM, delivering you from a self-concept that cannot birth freedom. Riblah becomes the place of verdict turned renewal: the inner temple is carried back to its source, where true home is established in consciousness. When you remember that this scene is your own imagining, you may revise from within and rebuild your temple in peace.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, breathe, and declare, 'I AM that inner builder' as you picture the temple within rising anew; feel the wholeness, and linger in that feeling for 1–3 minutes.