Inner Kingship at Gibeon

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene as an inner drama: Abner and Joab are two states of consciousness contending for control within you. Abner embodies the old loyalties— the Saul-dominated structure of your memory and allegiance— while Joab, and the servants of David, signal a dawning recognition of a higher authority. The pool of Gibeon is a liminal space in your mind where these rival alignments sit opposite each other. When Abner suggests the youth arise to play, notice how thought and impulse surface for your inspection; you are not asked to destroy them but to witness and allow a new governor to be seated. The twelve of Benjamin and the twelve of David symbolize the completeness of your faculties meeting under a single decision. The brutal enactment—the sword-thrusts—denotes the old self clinging to its identity and dying to give way to the rightful sovereignty within. In this reading, the defeat of Abner by David’s men marks the moment when the I AM within you asserts authority over every department of mind and heart. The outcome is not violence, but alignment: your inner king reigns, and conflict gives way to clear, peaceful structure.