Neville Goddard on 2 Kings 8:7-10 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Kings 8 in context

Scripture Focus

7And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

8And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

9So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

2 Kings 8:7-10

Biblical Context

Benhadad, the king of Syria, is ill; Hazael brings gifts to the prophet to ask if he will recover. The prophet says recovery is possible, but the LORD shows that Benhadad will surely die; the passage reveals divine will shaping outcome.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the surface, Damascus wears sickness like a body; but the inner Damascus is the mind held in fear or hope about its own health. When the king asks the man of God whether he will recover, and the prophet speaks both a possible recovery and an ultimate death, the scene reveals a principle: the outer events mirror the inner state that governs them. The 'I AM'—the awareness you call God—contemplates both outcomes, but your inner authority decides which one you live. The gifts carried to Elisha by Hazael symbolize attempts to purchase assurance from without; true healing comes from within, through a decisive shift in consciousness. Elisha's declaration that recovery is possible yet doom is certain shows that divine life respects your inner conviction. If you align with the truth that you are the I AM, the one who names the outcome, the 'death' you fear becomes a transformation not an end. Your present health is not handed by chance but impressed into your body by the image you hold of yourself.

Practice This Now

Practice: In quiet, assume the feeling of being well—'I am healed now'—and linger there until that image feels real; repeatedly revise every thought of illness by declaring the inner king's decree of health.