Sihon king of the Amorites
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Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sihon | 2 |
| Sihon king of the Amorites canonical | 2 |
| Sihon, king of Heshbon | 1 |
| Sihon, king of the Amorites | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3718972 — 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.
Target entity: Sihon king of the Amorites Context triple: [Transjordanian territories of Israel, conqueredFrom, Sihon king of the Amorites]
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Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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Abimelech
Abimelech is a biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for violently seizing kingship over Shechem and meeting a dramatic death when a woman dropped a millstone on his head.
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Raja Dahir
Raja Dahir was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh, known for his defeat and death in 712 CE during the Arab conquest of the region led by Muhammad bin Qasim.
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D.
Phoenician shophet
A Phoenician shophet was a high-ranking magistrate or judge who held significant political and judicial authority in Phoenician city-states.
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E.
Sanballat the Horonite
Sanballat the Horonite is a biblical figure known as a leading Samaritan official who strongly opposed Nehemiah’s efforts to rebuild Jerusalem’s walls in the 5th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sihon king of the Amorites Target entity description: Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
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A.
Othniel
Othniel is a biblical figure regarded as the first judge of Israel, known for delivering the Israelites from oppression in the Book of Judges.
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B.
Abimelech
Abimelech is a biblical figure in the Book of Judges known for violently seizing kingship over Shechem and meeting a dramatic death when a woman dropped a millstone on his head.
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C.
Raja Dahir
Raja Dahir was the last Hindu ruler of Sindh, known for his defeat and death in 712 CE during the Arab conquest of the region led by Muhammad bin Qasim.
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D.
Rim-Sin I
Rim-Sin I was a prominent Amorite king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, known for expanding his realm and briefly dominating much of Sumer in the early 2nd millennium BCE.
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E.
Phoenician shophet
A Phoenician shophet was a high-ranking magistrate or judge who held significant political and judicial authority in Phoenician city-states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amorite king
ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern king ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ |
| action | gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Og king of Bashan ⓘ |
| battle | battle at Jahaz ⓘ |
| capitalCity | Heshbon ⓘ |
| category |
Amorite people
ⓘ
Canaanite rulers ⓘ Kings in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| conflictWith | Israelites ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf | Moses ⓘ |
| defeatedBy |
Israelites
ⓘ
Moses ⓘ |
| describedAs | Canaanite ruler ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Israelites
ⓘ
Moses ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Amorite ⓘ |
| killedBy | Israelites ⓘ |
| languageOfSources | Biblical Hebrew ⓘ |
| lossOf |
Heshbon
ⓘ
all his cities ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Deuteronomy
ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Book of Numbers ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Psalm 135 ⓘ Psalm 136 ⓘ |
| name |
Sihon king of the Amorites
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sihon
|
| oftenMentionedTogetherWith | Og king of Bashan ⓘ |
| refused | Israelite request to pass through his land ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Transjordan
ⓘ
land east of the Jordan River ⓘ territory from Arnon to Jabbok ⓘ |
| religion | Canaanite religion ⓘ |
| rememberedIn |
Israelite historical traditions
ⓘ
Israelite victory songs ⓘ |
| roleInNarrative | obstacle to Israel’s entry into the promised land ⓘ |
| ruledOver |
Amorites
ⓘ
Heshbon ⓘ |
| significance | his defeat opened the way for Israelite control of Transjordanian territories ⓘ |
| territoryAfterDefeat |
given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad
ⓘ
partly given to the half-tribe of Manasseh ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Late Bronze Age (traditional biblical chronology) ⓘ |
| title | king of the Amorites ⓘ |
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Subject: Sihon king of the Amorites Description of subject: Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.