Talmai king of Geshur
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Talmai, king of Geshur, is a biblical monarch known as the maternal grandfather of Absalom and a regional ally connected to King David’s family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Talmai king of Geshur canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4852349 — 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: Talmai king of Geshur Context triple: [Absalom, maternalGrandfather, Talmai king of Geshur]
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A.
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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B.
Sihon king of the Amorites
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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C.
Og king of Bashan
Og, king of Bashan, is a biblical Amorite ruler remembered as one of the last of the Rephaim giants and a formidable opponent of the Israelites in the Transjordan region.
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D.
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim was an early 18th-century BCE Amorite king of Mari in Mesopotamia, known from extensive palace archives that illuminate the politics and society of his time.
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E.
Amar-Sin
Amar-Sin was a king of the Third Dynasty of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, known for his extensive building projects and efforts to consolidate and expand his empire.
- 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: Talmai king of Geshur Target entity description: Talmai, king of Geshur, is a biblical monarch known as the maternal grandfather of Absalom and a regional ally connected to King David’s family.
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A.
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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B.
Sihon king of the Amorites
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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C.
Og king of Bashan
Og, king of Bashan, is a biblical Amorite ruler remembered as one of the last of the Rephaim giants and a formidable opponent of the Israelites in the Transjordan region.
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D.
king of Moab
The king of Moab was the monarch who governed the ancient kingdom of Moab, a Transjordanian state frequently mentioned in biblical and Near Eastern historical sources.
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E.
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim was an early 18th-century BCE Amorite king of Mari in Mesopotamia, known from extensive palace archives that illuminate the politics and society of his time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
king ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| biblicalBookReference |
2 Samuel 13:37
ⓘ
2 Samuel 14:23 ⓘ 2 Samuel 3:3 ⓘ |
| child | Maacah daughter of Talmai ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Absalom son of David
ⓘ
linked to:
Absalom
King David ⓘ |
| country | Geshur ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Geshurites
ⓘ
linked to:
Geshur
|
| eventAssociatedWith |
Absalom’s flight to Geshur
ⓘ
linked to:
Absalom’s exile in Geshur
|
| fatherInLawOf | King David ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| grandfatherOf |
Absalom son of David
ⓘ
linked to:
Absalom
Tamar daughter of Absalom’s mother ⓘ
linked to:
Maacah daughter of Talmai
unnamed sons of Maacah and David ⓘ |
| historicity | figure known primarily from biblical narrative ⓘ |
| inLawOf | King David ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
2 Samuel
|
| nameForm | Talmai ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being maternal grandfather of Absalom
ⓘ
providing refuge to Absalom after the killing of Amnon ⓘ |
| politicalRelation |
ally or associate of King David’s house
ⓘ
regional neighbor of the kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of Geshur ⓘ |
| providedRefugeTo |
Absalom son of David
ⓘ
linked to:
Absalom
|
| regionRuled |
Aramean kingdom of Geshur
ⓘ
linked to:
Geshur
Transjordan area near the Sea of Galilee ⓘ |
| relative |
Absalom son of David
ⓘ
linked to:
Absalom
King David ⓘ Maacah daughter of Talmai ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| sourceType | ancient religious text ⓘ |
| timePeriod | biblical united monarchy era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Talmai king of Geshur Description of subject: Talmai, king of Geshur, is a biblical monarch known as the maternal grandfather of Absalom and a regional ally connected to King David’s family.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.