Word: hinnom
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...Mount Zion, ringed by cypress trees, and the walled Old City with its minarets and church spires piercing the blue Jerusalem sky. But she neglected to say that the apartment had a drawback: its proximity to hell. A few hundred paces downhill, and you are in the Valley of Hinnom, where Muslims, Jews and Christians all believe that on Judgment Day, the gates of hell will open up as sinners go tumbling into the flaming vortex...
Living on the edge of hell, I could deal with. (I even thought it might entitle me to a discount on the rent. No chance.) Besides, Hinnom is deceptively pastoral; down in the valley I often see a white stallion grazing under an ancient olive tree. But I wasn't prepared for the living hell inside my neighborhood, Abu Tor. Here, Arabs and Israelis live next door to each other yet are divided by mutual fear and suspicion...
...date it has collected more than $100 million. Its most impressive accomplishment is a galaxy of museums, theaters, gardens, historic monuments and a cinematheque along a stretch of the city wall extending down the Valley of Hinnom, called "the cultural mile." It serves Arabs, whose population has almost doubled since reunification, as well as Jews. The foundation also helps finance some of the city's extensive archaeological work...
...difference between the life of the righteous and the life of the wicked in Sheol. The part where the wicked dwelt was called Gehenna, and the part where the righteous dwelt was called Paradise. Often translated "Hell" in the New Testament, Gehenna is really derived from the Valley of Hinnom, outside the city of Jerusalem, which was notorious as the place where fires burned to consume refuse and as the scene of ancient child sacrifice...
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