Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 13:26 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 13 in context

Scripture Focus

26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

Nehemiah 13:26

Biblical Context

Solomon, though beloved and king over Israel, sinned by taking foreign wives. The verse highlights how outer influences can lead the inner mind away from its covenant.

Neville's Inner Vision

Solomon here is not a historical man but a state of consciousness—the king that rules the inner land of your mind. The verse shows that even the beloved of God can be seduced by outlandish influences when you yield to foreign thoughts; these are not people from without but thoughts, appetites, and doubts that pretend to power. 'Among many nations there was no king like him' speaks to the potency of a well-governed mind, a dominion you preserve only when you remember your allegiance to the I AM. The 'king over all Israel' is your entire inner kingdom—when this center rules from the I AM, there is order and loyalty to the one true God within. But the appearance of 'outlandish women' are temptations—glamour, fear, or greed—that cause even the finest state to stumble if it forgets its source. The warning is not about Solomon apart from you but about your own state of consciousness: remain loyal to the I AM, and you will not be led astray by beguiling images that pull you from your covenant.

Practice This Now

Assume the inner king is unchallenged: declare, 'I am the I AM, ruler of my inner Israel; no foreign thought shall govern me.' Then feel the authority as you revise distractions into loyalty to the one God within.