Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 20:17-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 20 in context

Scripture Focus

17And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

2 Samuel 20:17-20

Biblical Context

Joab approaches a wise woman who directs him to seek counsel and avoid destroying a city. The exchange emphasizes peaceable, faithful loyalty in Israel and the remedy of consulting Abel to end the matter without annihilation.

Neville's Inner Vision

Picture the woman as the whisper of the I AM within you, the voice that asks what state of consciousness you inhabit when conflict threatens your inner city. Joab, the archetype of force, represents the urge to swallow up parts of your mind for the sake of victory. When she invokes Abel as the council-place, she invites pause and inner counsel where fear yields to clarity. The declaration I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel is the assumption you must adopt in imagination: you are the steward of your own inheritance, not its conqueror. The fear of destroying a city or a mother is the fear of harming your inner life; the revision is to affirm that true covenant loyalty lies in mercy, not eradication. Choosing counsel over destruction enacts the inner law that circumstances respond to the feeling of peace you hold in awareness. The scene becomes a practical technique: align actions with mercy and protection of life, and observe outer conditions responding to your covenant.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and assume the stance 'I am peaceable and faithful in Israel.' Hear the inner Abel counsel, revise the impulse to destroy, and feel the peace as your immediate reality.