Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 19:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 19 in context

Scripture Focus

5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;

6In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.

7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.

2 Samuel 19:5-7

Biblical Context

Joab rebukes David, saying the king has shamed the loyal servants by grieving Absalom and loving enemies more than his people. He urges David to rise, comfort his servants, and reassert leadership lest the night bring greater harm.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the reader, the scene in 2 Samuel 19:5–7 is not a political quarrel but a disclosure of the king's inner state. Joab appears as the sounding of a faithful city gate, reminding David that the faces of his loyal servants are the inner dispositions that save him and his lineage. When the king loves his enemies and hates his friends in the sense of withholding their comfort, he identifies with a rebelling thought rather than with the I AM at the seat of consciousness. The Lord is not outside but within, and leadership is a state of awareness that you assume. The command to 'arise' and 'speak comfortably' becomes a revision: you rise in imagination and address your inner council with steady, encouraging words, affirming loyalty as your reality. By choosing this new mood, you reconstitute your inner cabinet; you do not abandon the people, you restore them to their rightful place in your experience. If you stay in the old emotion, the inner court dissolves; if you assume the kingly state now, night becomes dawn.

Practice This Now

Assume the kingly state now and speak comfort to your inner servants; revise your mood to steadiness and loyalty as if they were gathered in your mind. Do this right now and observe how the night of confusion gives way to dawn in awareness.