Neville Goddard on Judges 9:43-45 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

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Scripture Focus

43And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

44And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them.

45And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt.

Judges 9:43-45

Biblical Context

Abimelech divides the people into three groups, attacks the city, and destroys it, even sowing salt to ruin it.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through Neville Goddard’s lens, this passage reveals the inner divides of consciousness. The 'people' are your thoughts and desires moving within, and the three companies symbolize three habitual states: stance of fear, pattern of action, and the urge to destroy. Abimelech’s ascent and the long day of battle mirror the ego’s persistence in maintaining a separated reality, as if the inner kingdom could be seized by external force. The city represents the inner realm—the total of your beliefs about yourself. Sow salt signifies those mental habits that preserve the past and erase potential, stamping out fresh growth. The entire drama is not about geography but inner movement: you experience conflict when you identify with separation. Yet the power in the scene is not the aggressor but the assumption behind the scene. When you align with I AM—the single, unifying awareness—you collapse the battleground. The inner kingdom is not taken by force but by awakening to your unity with God, the indivisible I AM within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and declare inwardly that I AM the ruler of my inner city. See the three parts united as one; feel the peace flowing through thoughts, desires, and actions as if the city has already been taken by harmony.