Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 4:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 4 in context

Scripture Focus

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,

10When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

2 Samuel 4:9-11

Biblical Context

David rebukes the messengers who killed a king in his own house and declares he will demand justice for the righteous. The passage centers on accountability and the perception of justice.

Neville's Inner Vision

In this scene, David is not merely a monarch, but the I AM within you, the consciousness that has been redeemed from every adversity. The lord who liveth is the assurance that God, your awareness, has already delivered you from every seeming danger. When “Saul is dead” is spoken, it represents a belief in an old personal story. The act of seizing the messenger and slaying him is the ego's impulse to destroy good news when it threatens a familiar state. The question, “How much more… shall I not therefore now require his blood?” becomes the inner law of justice: within the mind, you will not permit false narratives or self-judgments to remain unchallenged. The righteous person slain in his house points to the sacred life you carry in your inner sanctuary—the truth that no external tidings can overturn your peace unless you allow it. The inner governor upholds justice, restoring what is right by your awareness, not by external punishment, and thus reaffirms salvation as present experience.

Practice This Now

Assume I am the I AM, the source of redemption; revise the scene by letting the old self fade. Feel the inner house filled with justice, and release thoughts that would slay the good within.