Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 20:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 20 in context

Scripture Focus

1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

3And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Samuel 20:1-3

Biblical Context

2 Samuel 20:1-3 portrays a split in Israel with Sheba leading a rebellion. Judah remains loyal to David, who returns to Jerusalem and preserves the king's household.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the chapter as a drama of inner states. Sheba, the Benjamite, is not a separate man but a belief that you have no part in your king - the I AM within. The trumpet is an impulse to divide, a decision to go to one's tents rather than to dwell in the unity of David's house. When Israel follows Sheba, your mind fragments, chasing outward loyalties, while Judah -- your core awareness -- holds fast to the king from Jordan to Jerusalem. David returning to his house signifies the restoration of center, a reclamation of sovereign consciousness. The ten concubines left to keep the house and then guarded are energies of appetite and memory that you once let rule without your disciplined attention; they are not destroyed, only placed in ward, living in widowhood until called into service again by the I AM. The teaching is plain: do not permit division in your inner kingdom. By assuming the posture of the king, recognizing that you are the ruler of your inner world, you dissolve the split and unite your faculties under one clear, reigning awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume the state 'I am the king of my inner realm.' See all scattered faculties return to Judah, the I AM ruling from Jordan to Jerusalem, and feel the wholeness as already real.