Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 5:17-25 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

17But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

19And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

20And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

23And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

2 Samuel 5:17-25

Biblical Context

David is anointed king and faces Philistine pressure; after seeking guidance from the LORD, he defeats them at Baalperazim, where the LORD breaks forth like a flood. When they return, he again asks, receives a navigational sign (the sound in the tops of the mulberry trees), and follows the counsel to move and prevail from Geba to Gazer.

Neville's Inner Vision

This is a map of your mind. The anointing is your awakening to the I AM within, and the Philistines are the lingering doubts that arise when a new vibration seeks expression. When David asks Shall I go up? the answer is not a spaceward gesture but a rising in faith. Go up, says the LORD, and I will deliver them; this is the assurance that your inner ground yields to your new emanation of life. The Baalperazim moment—where the LORD breaks forth upon your enemies before you—is revelation through action, a declaration of your power in consciousness. When you see the images you once worshiped burned away, you have truly broken their hold. The second campaign returns to refine, not prove, the victory: wait for the inner cue in the mulberry trees—a subtle sign that your higher self goes before you. Move with quiet confidence and you will smite the outer form of limitation. Geba to Gazer becomes the field of your completed consciousness, where the Philistines are conquered by unwavering faith.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly and assume I am the victor now, a living state already realized. When the inner cue comes, revise fear by repeating I AM and feel the victory as present fact.