Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 10:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 10 in context

Scripture Focus

5When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

2 Samuel 10:5-6

Biblical Context

David responds to the Ammonite report with measured care, sending the men to wait and regain dignity, while the allied Syrian forces symbolize escalating outer threats.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this verse, the Ammonites’ shame and the subsequent alliance mirror inner states of fear and hesitation. Your I AM—David—speaks through quiet restraint: tell them to stay in Jericho until their sense of self is renewed. The stench before David represents an old self-judgment seen and ready to be revised by a new story of worth. The Syrian cohorts are your proliferating thoughts and external conditions that arise as you hesitate. But the Kingdom of God is the inner timing and faith that you are already complete; providence guides you to pause, to let the impression mature, and to act from a felt reality of dignity rather than from fear. When you align with the I AM, the outward alarms fade and restoration emerges as your inner state proves itself in form.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of complete worth now; close your eyes, breathe, and declare 'I AM that I AM; I am restored and unshaken.' Visualize the beard growing as a symbol of dignity, then proceed only when the feeling of certainty rises.