Did the people in the Old Testament days believe there was a Hell? Can anyone prove from the Old Testament (Tanakh) that there is a place called Hell? The answer may surprise you. Even in the New Testament, Christ never taught on Hell, because there is no biblical concept of Hell. The only reason people believe there is a Hell is, they were taught that way.
For God so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Those who trust in Christ don't perish (die) Those that don't
trust in Christ will die. If you're dead your dead. How can you
be anywhere else? So that means the one that doesn't trust in
Christ does not have everlasting life anywhere else like some
make up to be hell. If Jesus wanted us to know that sinners went
to hell, don't you think it would say so right here. Another
point, the Greek word "perish" is used literally of death.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23
Death is dead not eternal punishing and torment in some place
called "Hell." The context is Adam would result in "the death,"
and those faithful in Christ have eternal life. This is about
death and eternal life, not eternal torture.
"Hell" is Gehenna. It is Not eternal torment in a after life. The wicked do not have after life. Gehenna or if you have to call it "Hell" is a national judgment. This came upon Jerusalem in the first century. The only people ever threatened with Gehenna were the Judean Jews of Jesus' generation.