Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 17:23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 17 in context

Scripture Focus

23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

2 Samuel 17:23

Biblical Context

Ahithophel's counsel is not followed; he goes home, sets his house in order, and hangs himself—an inner picture of how a belief can collapse when its guidance is not confirmed by outer events.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this moment we meet not a man named Ahithophel, but a state of consciousness that mistook influence for reality. His counsel is the inner plan you trust to shape life. When the outer scene does not follow that plan, the state withdraws, goes home, and tidies its household as if to secure the dream by arranging beliefs. Yet the moment the world refuses to confirm its authority, the state collapses--hanged himself--a symbolic death of a false sense of power. In Neville's interpretation, the I AM behind all states remains untouched; the tragedy is the old self dying because it confused personal strategy with divine direction. The cure is simple: refuse to identify with any plan that is not the I AM's presence. Return again to the certainty that you are always guided by the inner Presence, and let the feeling of being led become your dominant state. When you dwell in that assumption, appearances bend to the assumed reality, and the inner kingdom manifests as harmony rather than despair.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner voice that guides you is always heard and in harmony with the I AM. In your imagination, let Ahithophel lay down his counsel and step into the sanctuary of your mind, where divine wisdom now orders every outcome.