Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 4:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

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.

9And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

2 Samuel 4:6-9

Biblical Context

Two men murder Ishbosheth and bring his head to David, claiming vengeance and the LORD's justice. David responds by affirming the LORD's deliverance of his soul from adversity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider how the scene maps to your own inner life. Ishbosheth’s head stands for the old self—the belief in separation—that you slay by a moment of awareness. The smiting in the house and the night journey through the plain symbolize the cleansing of thoughts that once ruled you, carried away by the wind of your attention. David’s line, 'As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,' is a proclamation of the I AM within you: a claim that you are no longer defined by the harms of Saul or his seed, but by the continuous rescue and renewal of consciousness. When you assume that you are redeemed, you do not demand justice from a hostile world; you reveal that the inner law of life has already restored you. The journey to Hebron is the settling of your awareness, where there is no fear, only abiding safety. This is the spiritual truth behind the text: reality begins within, and the outer scene answers to the inner state you assume and feel as real.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine the mind as Ishbosheth’s house; see the old self-doubt slain and carried away. Then rest in the feeling that the LORD liveth, that your soul is redeemed from all adversity, and let that inner fact establish your present kingly state.