Neville Goddard on Esther 2:1-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

2Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.

8So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.

10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

12Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

14In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

16So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Esther 2:1-17

Biblical Context

Esther 2:1-17 recounts a post-Vashti renewal where maidens are gathered for purification, and Esther is brought before the king. By grace and favor, she becomes queen, while Mordecai watches over her, and the inner discipline of identity remains in play.

Neville's Inner Vision

After the storm of Vashti's decree, your awareness seeks a new queen—the state of you that can bear the king's favor. The gathering of maidens stands for the gathering of focused thoughts and feelings within the palace of your mind; purification with oil of myrrh and fragrant spices is the cleansing of old beliefs that dull your radiance. Esther's ascent is not by chance but a deliberate inner rearrangement: she is brought into the king's presence, given favor, and crowned because she remains true to her own nature while concealing nothing of her lineage until the appointed time. In Neville's light, the king is your I AM, the ruler of all scenes; when you align with that I AM, you are recognized, adored, and crowned by grace. The servants, Hegai, and the attendants symbolize the inner faculties you enlist to purify and prepare your consciousness. Esther's favor is the felt-sense of being desired by the king—your inner state responding to your own acceptance. Your transition from Vashti to Esther signifies moving from discord to sovereign order within, where the royal crown is the conscious acknowledgment that you are the one in authority.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Assume you are already queen of your inner palace. For five minutes, feel the crown on your head and hear the king call you by name, knowing the I AM presence as real and present.