Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 11:18-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 11 in context

Scripture Focus

18Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

19And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,

20And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?

21Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

22So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.

23And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate.

24And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

2 Samuel 11:18-24

Biblical Context

Joab sends David a war report and instructs the messenger to announce Uriah’s death after a near-wall engagement. The text frames this as a careful accounting of both victory and loss under the king’s gaze.

Neville's Inner Vision

From the Neville Goddard vantage, the war on the field is a state of consciousness within you. The messenger is a fragment of your mind recounting the stories you have believed; the king is your I AM, the steady awareness that evaluates those stories. The wall and the city symbolize guarded beliefs; approaching the wall mirrors your desire to press beyond safe limits with outer results. When the report says Uriah is dead, it signals the death of a part of your former self you have identified with, not a literal tragedy. The instruction to tell David becomes a reminder: revise the narration to align with your higher self. You are not bound by the past image; you can choose a new frame of meaning, and the ‘shooters’ from the wall are the lingering judgments your mind projects. The inner shift is simple: assume you have already resolved the conflict; feel it as real: Uriah is dead in you, and the kingdom within you is alive and ordered. In that feeling, your outer kingdom follows.

Practice This Now

Assume, briefly, the scene of the report in your own mind and revise it: say, 'Uriah is dead in me, and the old story is dissolved.' Then anchor the feeling of the king’s calm as the reality you live from, and observe your outer life align with that inner truth.