Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 23:24-31 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 23 in context

Scripture Focus

24Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

25Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,

26Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

27Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,

28Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,

29Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

30Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash,

31Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,

2 Samuel 23:24-31

Biblical Context

The verse lists the Thirty mighty men, associates of the king, named from various places. It shows a diverse, intimate circle united in purpose.

Neville's Inner Vision

Imagine that the 'Thirty' are not men out there in a land called Bethlehem or Gibeah, but states of consciousness within you, the different faculties that rally to your awareness when you dare to live from the I AM. In Neville's psychology, God is the I AM, and every name on this list is a facet of your inner kingdom—rising, defending, guiding, unifying—the very qualities your mind can marshal under one sovereign purpose. The diversity of origins signals that no matter where a tendency begins—Bethlehem, Gibeah, or the brooks of Gaash—these energies can be gathered into a single army of devotion to your king within. The passage invites you to feel that unity as an act of inner government: your thoughts, memories, desires, and beliefs all prepped for service to the one life you are. When you assume the feeling that this inner host stands as one, you are not commanding a crowd of separate voices but awakening the one sovereign I AM that makes them one.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and summon the thirty inner states as a single circle of awareness; declare, I am the I AM and you are one army. Then dwell in the feeling of their unified action, as if acting through one will.