Sheol appears around sixty-five times in the Hebrew Bible.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Hebrew Bible, Sheol concordance
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Is Hell in the Old Testament?
Is Hell in the Old Testament?
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Not in the sense most readers mean. Sheol is the grave that waits for everyone.
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Ecclesiastes 9:10 says there is no work, no planning, no knowledge and no wisdom in Sheol.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Ecclesiastes 9:10
The King James Version translates Sheol as "grave" thirty-one times, as "hell" thirty-one times, and as "pit" three times.
Imported citation, not independently checked: King James Version concordance of Sheol
Isaiah 66:24, the closing verse of the book, describes going out to look at the corpses of those who rebelled, whose worm does not die and whose fire is not quenched.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Isaiah 66:24
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