Azariah the priest
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Azariah the priest was a high priest in ancient Judah, noted in the Bible for courageously confronting King Uzziah when the king unlawfully attempted to burn incense in the temple.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Azariah | 2 |
| Azariah the priest canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16736463 — 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: Azariah the priest Context triple: [Uzziah, rebukedBy, Azariah the priest]
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A.
Azariah
Azariah is a biblical figure portrayed as one of the three youths delivered by God from the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel and related deuterocanonical additions.
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B.
Azariah
Azariah is another name for Uzziah, a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible known for his long and prosperous reign before being struck with leprosy.
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C.
Shemaiah
Shemaiah is a biblical figure known primarily as the father of Uriah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Hilkiah
Hilkiah is a biblical figure known as the father of the prophet Jeremiah and, in some traditions, identified with the high priest who discovered the Book of the Law in the Temple.
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E.
Zechariah son of Jehoiada
Zechariah son of Jehoiada was a priest and prophet in the Hebrew Bible who was stoned to death in the Temple court for denouncing the people’s unfaithfulness to God.
- 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: Azariah the priest Target entity description: Azariah the priest was a high priest in ancient Judah, noted in the Bible for courageously confronting King Uzziah when the king unlawfully attempted to burn incense in the temple.
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A.
Azariah
Azariah is a biblical figure portrayed as one of the three youths delivered by God from the fiery furnace in the Book of Daniel and related deuterocanonical additions.
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B.
Azariah
Azariah is another name for Uzziah, a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible known for his long and prosperous reign before being struck with leprosy.
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C.
Shemaiah
Shemaiah is a biblical figure known primarily as the father of Uriah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Hilkiah
Hilkiah is a biblical figure known as the father of the prophet Jeremiah and, in some traditions, identified with the high priest who discovered the Book of the Law in the Temple.
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E.
Zechariah son of Jehoiada
Zechariah son of Jehoiada was a priest and prophet in the Hebrew Bible who was stoned to death in the Temple court for denouncing the people’s unfaithfulness to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Azariah the priest
linked to: Azariah the priest