Neville Goddard on 2 Samuel 5:6-8 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read 2 Samuel 5 in context

Scripture Focus

6And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

7Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.

8And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

2 Samuel 5:6-8

Biblical Context

David’s move into Jerusalem symbolizes an inner entry into Zion—the heart’s stronghold. The terms blind and lame stand for doubts and habits that would bar entry, which are overcome by the kingly I AM.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the king as your I AM; Jerusalem as the dwelling place of awareness. The Jebusites are stubborn beliefs about what you cannot enter. The blind and the lame are the habits of mind that deny your presence in the house of consciousness. Their assertion that David cannot come in mirrors the mind's reluctance to claim its true kingdom. Yet David takes the stronghold of Zion, showing that the inner city is won not by force but by a shift of assumption. When you rise to the gutter—the threshold where thought becomes action—and strike, you are striking at limitation itself. The line that they are hated of David's soul expresses your refusal to tolerate limitation any longer. The city of David becomes your living sense of I AM—your present kingdom. The event is your inward experience now: you are king, Zion is yours, and the tired beliefs that once ruled you fall away because imagination creates reality.

Practice This Now

Assume present reality: close your eyes, feel the I AM dwelling as your inner king, and imagine climbing up to the gutter into Zion; declare I am king of this inner kingdom.