King Saul
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King Saul was the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his troubled reign and eventual downfall, particularly in contrast to his successor, King David.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King Saul canonical | 16 |
| Saul | 4 |
| King Silas Benjamin is based on King Saul | 1 |
| King of Israel | 1 |
| Saul ben Kish | 1 |
| reign of Saul | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158596 — 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 Saul Context triple: [King David, predecessor, King Saul]
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
David
David is the middle name of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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E.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- 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 Saul Target entity description: King Saul was the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his troubled reign and eventual downfall, particularly in contrast to his successor, King David.
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A.
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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B.
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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C.
David
David is the middle name of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States and Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II.
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D.
Samuel
Samuel is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "name of God" or "God has heard," widely used across many cultures and languages.
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E.
Samuel
Samuel is the birth name of the famed American author Mark Twain, known for classics like "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ king of Israel ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Saul
ⓘ
King Saul ⓘ
surface form:
Saul ben Kish
|
| anointedBy | Samuel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
1 Samuel
ⓘ
surface form:
First Book of Samuel
2 Samuel ⓘ
surface form:
Second Book of Samuel
|
| causeOfDeath | suicide by falling on his sword ⓘ |
| child |
Abinadab
ⓘ
Ish-bosheth ⓘ Jonathan ⓘ Malchi-shua ⓘ Merab ⓘ Michal ⓘ |
| chosenBy |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
God of Israel
|
| conflict | Saul–David conflict ⓘ |
| contemporary |
David
ⓘ
Jonathan ⓘ |
| countryRuled |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel
|
| describedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| enemy |
Amalekites
ⓘ
Philistines ⓘ |
| father | Kish ⓘ |
| killedAt | Mount Gilboa ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being the first king of Israel
ⓘ
disobedience to divine commands ⓘ jealousy of David ⓘ troubled reign and downfall ⓘ |
| mentor | Samuel ⓘ |
| mother |
Ahinoam of Jezreel
ⓘ
surface form:
Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz
|
| notableEvent |
anointed as first king of Israel by Samuel
ⓘ
conflict with Goliath episode involving David ⓘ consultation of the medium at Endor ⓘ death at the Battle of Mount Gilboa ⓘ pursuit of David ⓘ victory over the Ammonites at Jabesh-gilead ⓘ war against the Philistines ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | tragic figure in biblical narrative ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King Saul
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
King of Israel
|
| predecessor | Judges of Israel ⓘ |
| reasonForRejection |
failure to completely destroy the Amalekites
ⓘ
offering sacrifice without Samuel ⓘ |
| rejectedBy |
YHWH
ⓘ
surface form:
God of Israel
|
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| spouse |
Ahinoam of Jezreel
ⓘ
surface form:
Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz
|
| successor | King David ⓘ |
| title | first king of the united Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ |
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 Saul Description of subject: King Saul was the first king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known for his troubled reign and eventual downfall, particularly in contrast to his successor, King David.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Saul
this entity surface form:
Saul
this entity surface form:
Saul
this entity surface form:
Saul
this entity surface form:
Saul ben Kish
this entity surface form:
King of Israel
subject surface form:
Tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
King Silas Benjamin is based on King Saul