King Zedekiah of Judah
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King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zedekiah | 24 |
| Zedekiah of Judah | 3 |
| King Zedekiah | 1 |
| King Zedekiah of Judah canonical | 1 |
| King of Judah | 1 |
| blinding of Zedekiah | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113345 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Zedekiah of Judah Context triple: [Babylonian exile, hasParticipant, King Zedekiah of Judah]
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A.
King Jehoiachin of Judah
King Jehoiachin of Judah was a young monarch of the Kingdom of Judah who was deposed and taken captive to Babylon, becoming a notable figure in the history of the Babylonian exile.
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B.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II was a powerful 6th-century BCE king of Babylon best known for expanding the Neo-Babylonian Empire, conquering Jerusalem, and being associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens.
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C.
King Solomon
King Solomon is a biblical king of ancient Israel renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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D.
King David
King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
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E.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: King Zedekiah of Judah Target entity description: King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
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A.
King Jehoiachin of Judah
King Jehoiachin of Judah was a young monarch of the Kingdom of Judah who was deposed and taken captive to Babylon, becoming a notable figure in the history of the Babylonian exile.
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B.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Nebuchadnezzar II was a powerful 6th-century BCE king of Babylon best known for expanding the Neo-Babylonian Empire, conquering Jerusalem, and being associated with the legendary Hanging Gardens.
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C.
King Solomon
King Solomon is a biblical king of ancient Israel renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
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D.
King David
King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
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E.
Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
King of Judah ⓘ Monarch ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Egypt ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| associatedWithProphet |
Book of Ezekiel
ⓘ
surface form:
Ezekiel
Jeremiah ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Judea
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Judah
|
| brokeTreatyWith | Babylon ⓘ |
| capital | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonians
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| capturePlace | near Jericho ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | unknown (in captivity) ⓘ |
| conflict |
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian conquest of Judah
|
| country |
Judea
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Judah
|
| covenant | oath sworn in the name of Yahweh to Nebuchadnezzar ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Babylon ⓘ |
| deposedBy | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| era | Late First Temple period ⓘ |
| event | Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) ⓘ |
| eyesPutOutBy |
Babylon
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonians
|
| father | Josiah ⓘ |
| givenName | Mattaniah ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Levant
|
| house |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
|
| knownFor |
being the last king of Judah
ⓘ
breaking oath to Nebuchadnezzar ⓘ fall of Jerusalem to Babylon ⓘ rebellion against Babylon ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Books of Chronicles
ⓘ
surface form:
2 Chronicles
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings
Book of Ezekiel ⓘ Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| mother | Hamutal ⓘ |
| motherFrom | Libnah ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King Zedekiah of Judah
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
King of Judah
|
| predecessor |
King Jehoiachin of Judah
ⓘ
surface form:
Jehoiachin
|
| regnalName |
King Zedekiah of Judah
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
Zedekiah
|
| reignEnd | 586 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 597 BCE ⓘ |
| religion |
Second Temple Judaism
ⓘ
surface form:
Yahwism
|
| sibling |
Josiah
ⓘ
surface form:
Jehoahaz
King Jehoiachin of Judah ⓘ
surface form:
Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim ⓘ |
| sons | unnamed sons killed at Riblah ⓘ |
| successor | none (monarchy ended) ⓘ |
| takenTo |
Babylon
ⓘ
Riblah ⓘ |
| vassalOf |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Empire
Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: King Zedekiah of Judah Description of subject: King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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King of Judah
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Jehoiachin
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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blinding of Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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King Zedekiah
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Zedekiah of Judah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah
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Zedekiah of Judah
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Zedekiah of Judah