Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 14:4-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 14 in context

Scripture Focus

4And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.

7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

2 Samuel 14:4-7

Biblical Context

A widow speaks to the king about two sons who fight, and the family seeks to kill the survivor to end the line.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the king's chamber of your mind, the woman of Tekoah represents a situation where two desires contend for life. The king is the I AM, the steady house of awareness; the two sons are conflicting thoughts or impulses that threaten to kill one another and, with them, the sense of self. When the crowd cries for the death of the survivor, it mirrors your inner chorus of fear that a part of you will be lost if you do not destroy what seems dangerous. The ember left by the husband is the memory of your true life, your name, your continuity. To restore the heir is to claim mercy for the entire line of your being, to refuse annihilation and choose integration. The solution is not force, but understanding that life endures through reinvestment, through a change of perception that makes the life story whole again. The king's distant mercy is the law of your consciousness when you refuse to condemn; you revise reality by taking the heir as already spared.

Practice This Now

Assume the state that the heir is spared; revise the scene in your mind while feeling the reality of it; for example, say 'I AM restoring the life and name within me,' and feel the relief as if it is already so.