Sheol


Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; / let us ambush the innocent without reason; / like Sheol let us swallow them alive, / and whole, like those who go down to the pit; - Proverbs 1:11-12

Where you go when you die.

References in Scripture

David's parting advice to King Solomon: "Act therefore according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace." and "Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down with blood to Sheol." (1 Kings 2:6,9)