Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 16:1-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 16 in context

Scripture Focus

1And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

2And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.

3And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

4Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king.

2 Samuel 16:1-4

Biblical Context

David meets Ziba with gifts on the hill; questions about Mephibosheth arise, and the king then grants all that belonged to Mephibosheth to Ziba.

Neville's Inner Vision

On the hill, David is your present I AM awakening to sovereignty. The gifts carried by Ziba are not mere food but symbols of sustenance your thoughts have prepared for the journey through belief's wilderness. Bread, fruit, and wine become images of nourishment that sustain you as you walk the trial of lack; Mephibosheth—the son feared to be outcast—symbolizes an old self clinging to a kingdom not yet claimed by the I AM. The question 'where is thy master's son?' asks you to examine who sits on the throne of your mind. When the king proclaims, 'thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth,' the outer act reveals an inner revision: you claim the inner kingdom, not by conquest but by recognizing that the authority you seek is your own awareness. Grace arrives when you bow to the present ruler within and accept the image of abundance your imagination now provides. This is the law of assumption: a new ruler emerges in consciousness, and the world rearranges to fit that sovereign image.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and see Ziba approaching with bread, fruit, and wine. In your own I AM voice, declare, 'I am the king of this inner land; all that belongs to the old self is mine to command,' and feel the flow of nourishment as real.