Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 3:12-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 3 in context

Scripture Focus

12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

13And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

15And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

16And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

17And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

2 Samuel 3:12-17

Biblical Context

Abner proposes a league with David; David agrees to the alliance but requires Michal, leading to Michal's return, and Abner then addresses Israel's elders about David's kingship.

Neville's Inner Vision

2 Samuel 3:12–17 unfolds as a clear image of a king within you negotiating with the self that has claimed the throne of your mind. Abner, the messenger, asks, Whose land is this inside you? The land is your state of consciousness, and the league he offers is your decision to align with the higher idea of you—the David within, the I AM that endures. The condition—'thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal'—speaks to you about bringing forth the remembered, beloved quality of your inner marriage to the new king before you can meet him face to face. Michal represents the loyalty, the rightful memory of your own spiritual covenant, the energy you espouse to your kingship. Ishbosheth’s sending and Phaltiel’s tears symbolize the old self and its reluctance to surrender. Abner’s final message to the elders—‘Ye sought for David… to be king over you’—is your inner crowd acknowledging the new sovereignty. The scene invites you to permit the new state to enter fully by honoring its beloved attribute, then watch the old loyalties yield to the greater order within you.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Assume the state 'I am the I AM now' as king of my mind, and revise a lingering limitation by bringing forth Michal—the beloved ideal—before meeting the inner king.