The ancient Hebrews did not think their planet was a round globe. For that matter, they did not even consider it to be a planet, since planets were in the heavens. Like their surrounding neighbors, the ancient Hebrews believed the earth was a small, round disk supported by pillars. The disk was relatively small by our standards, but its ends could not be reached. Beneath the surface lay the underworld, the final resting place of the deceased.
Kyle Greenwood, Scripture and Cosmology: Reading the Bible Between the Ancient World and Modern Science
