Nadab
E468575
Nadab was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known as the son and short-reigning royal heir of Jeroboam I.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nadab canonical | 2 |
| Nadab of Israel | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4793883 — 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: Nadab Context triple: [Jeroboam I, successor, Nadab]
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A.
Nadab
Nadab is a biblical figure, the eldest son of Aaron who served as a priest during the Israelites’ wilderness period.
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B.
Abihu
Abihu is a biblical figure, one of the sons of Aaron who served as a priest and was killed for offering unauthorized fire before God.
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C.
Phinehas
Phinehas is a biblical priest and grandson of Aaron, noted for his zealous defense of Israel’s covenant with God in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Korah
Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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E.
Korah
Korah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant of Esau and part of the Edomite lineage.
- 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: Nadab Target entity description: Nadab was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known as the son and short-reigning royal heir of Jeroboam I.
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A.
Nadab
Nadab is a biblical figure, the eldest son of Aaron who served as a priest during the Israelites’ wilderness period.
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B.
Abihu
Abihu is a biblical figure, one of the sons of Aaron who served as a priest and was killed for offering unauthorized fire before God.
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C.
Phinehas
Phinehas is a biblical priest and grandson of Aaron, noted for his zealous defense of Israel’s covenant with God in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Korah
Korah is a biblical figure known for leading a rebellion against Moses and Aaron during the Israelites’ wilderness journey.
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E.
Korah
Korah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis as a descendant of Esau and part of the Edomite lineage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Israel
ⓘ
ancient Israelite person ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Baasha
ⓘ
Jeroboam I ⓘ |
| causeOfEndOfReign | assassination ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | divided monarchy period of Israel ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| culturalContext | ancient Israelite monarchy ⓘ |
| describedIn |
1 Kings
ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| event | siege of Gibbethon ⓘ |
| familyRelation | son of Jeroboam I ⓘ |
| father | Jeroboam I ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
Samaria region
ⓘ
linked to:
Samaria
|
| killedBy | Baasha ⓘ |
| kingdomType |
Northern Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Kingdom of the North
|
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | killed in a coup ⓘ |
| name | Nadab ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being son and successor of Jeroboam I
ⓘ
brief reign as king of Israel ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Gibbethon ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| predecessor | Jeroboam I ⓘ |
| reignOver |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| role |
king
ⓘ
royal heir ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Jeroboam ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon |
Old Testament
ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
Tanakh ⓘ |
| scriptureCharacterType | monarch in the Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| shortDescription | short-reigning king of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| successor | Baasha ⓘ |
| title | King of Israel ⓘ |
| tribe | tribe of Ephraim ⓘ |
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: Nadab Description of subject: Nadab was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the Hebrew Bible, known as the son and short-reigning royal heir of Jeroboam I.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Nadab
linked to: Nadab