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In rabbinical literature and Christian and Islamic scripture, the place where the souls of the wicked go after death, where they suffer eternal damnation or annihilation. quotations examples
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of Gehenna?
Matthew 23:33
Hell. examples
A place of suffering and misery. examples
The valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem. quotations examples
The people obeyed his commandment, and succeeding ages followed the example, and Gehenna became the general sink of the city, and the receptacle of all its pollutions.
1833, Selumiel, or a visit to Jerusalem, etc, page 185
By the fifth century C.E., however, confusion about the tradition led to transference of the reputed site of Gehenna to the Kidron Valley, on the eastern side of Jerusalem.
1991, Bible Review