HEAVEN AND HELL Part 2, S'ol: the realm of death (Read all five parts, you might just be surprised)

 

And once again

coming straight out of here.

"2. S'ol: the realm of death. 

A look at the concordance shows that the OT says little about hell. Some feel that the OT term S'ol (found 65 times in the OT), transliterated sheol in the NASB but translated "the grave" or "the realm of death" in the NIV, represents the OT conception of hell.

However, such arguments are unsatisfactory, and it is best to understand š'ól as a poetic synonym for qeher, "grave." 

Thus there are no references to eternal destiny but simply to the grave as the resting place of the bodies of all people (e.g., Job 17:13-16; 24:19-20). Deliverance from S'ôl is rescue from impending death or future punishment (e.g., Ps 89:48).

So while the OT does indicate a resurrection for the blessed dead, it has little to say of the destiny of the lost or of what happens to the human personality when the body dies and goes to the grave."