Neville Goddard on Joshua 10:1-5 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Joshua 10 in context

Scripture Focus

1Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;

2That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

3Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

4Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

Joshua 10:1-5

Biblical Context

Adonizedec fears Gibeon's alliance with Israel and gathers five Amorite kings to attack it; the nations encamp as a show of fear-driven power. In plain terms, the chapter illustrates how a mind can marshal apparent power when it feels separated from a higher unity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Neville reads Joshua 10:1-5 as a lesson in the politics of consciousness. Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, is not merely a ruler of a city but a symbol of a fear-based, ruling state of mind that insists on dominance. The five kings gathering at Gibeon reflect the proddings of doubt, pride, and limitation that rise when a new alignment—Gibeon’s covenant with Israel—signifies a higher state of awareness. Israel represents the I AM within, the unifying consciousness that Joshua embodies by taking Ai and claiming land as a function of inner resolution. Gibeon’s status as a "great city" among them signals that the awakened state can look formidable to the sleeping mind, yet its reality is a covenant that cannot be broken by mere opposition. The true warfare is mental: fear and pride attempt to marshal armies, yet the result hinges on whether you remain aligned with your covenant of God within. When you inhabit the consciousness that you are one with the I AM, the assembled kings disperse, and the kingdom of God formed inside you stands unthreatened by outward appearances.