Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 20:1-7 - 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.

4Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present.

5So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

7And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:1-7

Biblical Context

Sheba, a Benjamite, incites rebellion against David, and the tribes split; Judah stays loyal to the king as others pursue the rival with force.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the scene as a mapping of your inner life. Sheba is but a Belial thought blowing a trumpet of separation from your greater self—the awareness that you are the I AM. The people of Israel gather around a split idea: some cling to David, the symbol of divine order and kingship within you, while others rush after the novelty of rebellion. The swift gathering of Judah to their king represents the instinctive alignment of your entire consciousness with your higher self, from your Jordan mind to the heart of Jerusalem. The women left to guard the house whisper what your neglected faculties feel—a guarded, memorial memory you refuse to open to the light of action. When David commands Amasa to assemble the tribes, and when the appointed time slips, you sense how delay can fuel the ego’s schemes. Yet the pursuit by Joab’s forces shows that disciplined inner will can move against separation and reclaim the inner city for the true king—the I AM ruling within you. Reclaim your kingdom by turning every stray thought back to your inner sovereignty.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume the role of the inner king for three minutes: reaffirm 'I AM' as your sole sovereignty, revise the rebellious thought by answering it with quiet obedience, and feel the unity of your inner tribes returning to the throne.