Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 4:3-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

4And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

5And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

2 Samuel 4:3-5

Biblical Context

The verses describe exile and a crippled heir, using outward events to symbolize inner fear and displacement.

Neville's Inner Vision

Your mind often flees from pain only to leave behind a limp belief about who you are. In 2 Samuel 4:3–5 the Beerothites flee to Gittaim and Mephibosheth is lame after a nurse's haste—these are symbols of the way thought moves when it has forgotten its true source. The heat of the day and Ishbosheth's noon-bed speak of mental agitation and a resting belief in limitation. But the Bible is not reporting a history; it is revealing your condition of consciousness. The I AM—the you that never leaves peace—is the witness behind every scene. By scarcely noticing the drama and then assuming the feeling of your desired state, you can revise the entire script: see exile as a temporary posture of the mind, see the limp as a belief in brokenness that can be healed by recognition, and see the midday bed as the throne of settled awareness. When you dwell in that awareness, the outward exiles dissolve into the background of your inner kingdom.

Practice This Now

Practice: assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled by declaring, 'I AM that I AM, whole and unshaken,' and keep watching the scene until the sense of exile and limitation dissolves.