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

Read 2 Samuel 8 in context

Scripture Focus

2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

2 Samuel 8:2

Biblical Context

This passage depicts David’s action as a mirror to your inner state, where a line of discernment divides what must die from what must live. When you align with your I AM, inner foes become servants and even gifts.

Neville's Inner Vision

In the inner kingdom, the outer foe called Moab stands for any fear or resistance pressing upon your consciousness. The habit of measurement—the line— is your act of evaluative imagination. You imagine, by the I AM who stands as king, a boundary that crushes what would enslave you and marks what can be preserved for life. The two lines for death and the single line for life are not blood and iron; they are your revision of feeling: you decide what you will no longer entertain and what you will allow to become a channel of supply. As you assent to the I AM as ruler in you, the Moabite force submits, not by coercion of violence, but by shifting allegiance of your inner state. What was once threat now serves your purpose, and the gifts begin to appear as the natural bounty of a mind made still, sure, and generous.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume the I AM reigning in your chest. Draw a line in the air and separate fear from faith; feel the gifts flowing in as you declare the inner kingdom awake.