Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 18:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 18 in context

Scripture Focus

6So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;

7Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.

8For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

2 Samuel 18:6-8

Biblical Context

The passage describes a field battle in the wood of Ephraim where many Israelites die and the slaughter spreads across the land.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville Goddard's lens, the field and the wood are not distant places but states of your own consciousness. The battle in Ephraim becomes the clash of entrenched beliefs within your mind. The servants of David symbolize your higher self or the I AM awakened to witness, while the slain are old identifications you have allowed to die under a new, decisive perception. The twenty thousand and the devouring wood show that most inner casualties arise from fear-based stories you keep repeating; the sword is merely the old method by which you harm life. The message invites you to return to your throne of awareness and revise the scene: assume a new state, feel it real, and let the field be reshaped by justice and harmony. When you hold to the I AM as the courtroom of reality, you discover that the battle's outcome expresses the strength of your inner state, not the fate of an external army.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the I AM is present at the center of your mind. Revise the scene by seeing the wood emptied of slaughter and the field filled with peace, and feel that this new order is true for you now.