Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 4:5-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

6And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

7For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.

8And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

2 Samuel 4:5-8

Biblical Context

Two men kill Ishbosheth and bring his head to David, a brutal act carried out at noon in his house; it ends with the claim that God avenged David against Saul's line.

Neville's Inner Vision

Look again at the scene as a catalog of inner states rather than a history of men. The 'sons of Rimmon' are two working thoughts that would end an old reign in an instant, pushing violence (the beheading) to prove a point. Ishbosheth represents a former alignment of mind—a smaller, noon-day king whose bedchamber guards a limiting belief. When the inner figures enter the house and strike, the action is the dramatic collapse of a stale pattern under the pressure of the present moment. The head carried to David symbolizes presenting to your higher consciousness the 'evidence' of a conquered fear or stubborn ego. Yet the verse also hints that the true judge is not a mortal king but the I AM, the LORD within—your awareness that vindicates a new state. This is not endorsement of violence but demonstration of how inner conviction can rearrange your sense of kingship. Trust the inner king, feel the power of the moment, and allow the old self to be dethroned by a newer, more luminous I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly. Assume the feeling that you are the king on the throne of your mind and visualize presenting the 'head' of the old self to the I AM, hearing within you, 'Behold, your time has come.' Then let the new state rise in you and reign.