Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 24:21-24 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 24 in context

Scripture Focus

21And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

22And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

23All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee.

24And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

2 Samuel 24:21-24

Biblical Context

2 Samuel 24:21-24 narrates David buying the threshing floor to build an altar to the LORD to stay the plague. He refuses an offering that costs nothing and pays fifty shekels.

Neville's Inner Vision

David, in this story, is a state of consciousness choosing a sacred place within. The threshing floor is not a field but a fixed disposition of mind where you are willing to consecrate your energy to the LORD, the I AM that you are. The plague represents the fear of separation; to stay it, you must build an altar from your own inner currency. Araunah offers gifts freely, symbols of seeming ease, yet David refuses a sacrifice that costs him nothing, declaring that true relationship with God is formed only when you pay a price in consciousness. The fifty shekels is the exact value you assign to a new state—imagination, faith, and discipline—that makes the inner revelation tangible. When you insist on writing the price into your reality and not trading your inner state for cheap accommodations, you invite the Divine to accept you as you are becoming. The Lord, in this reading, is your consistent I AM responding to your determined act.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes and step onto your inner threshing floor; declare, I will pay the price to stay the plague no more. Feel the worth of your choice in your chest as the altar rises and the I AM accepts this conscious act.