Ahimaaz
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Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahimaaz canonical | 2 |
| Ahimaaz (son of Zadok) | 1 |
| Ahimaaz King | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4852731 — 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: Ahimaaz Context triple: [Death of Absalom, featuresCharacter, Ahimaaz]
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A.
Eliam
Eliam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of Bathsheba and one of King David’s warriors.
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B.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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C.
Shem
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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D.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
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E.
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.
- 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: Ahimaaz Target entity description: Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
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A.
Eliam
Eliam is a biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament as the father of Bathsheba and one of King David’s warriors.
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B.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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C.
Shem
Shem is a biblical figure regarded as one of Noah’s sons and traditionally considered an ancestor of the Semitic peoples.
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D.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
messenger ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activity | spied for David during Absalom’s revolt ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| associatedWithKingdom | Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy) ⓘ |
| associatedWithLocation |
Bahurim
ⓘ
En Rogel ⓘ
linked to:
En-rogel
Jerusalem ⓘ |
| broughtNewsOf | the outcome of the battle in the forest of Ephraim ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Jonathan son of Abiathar ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Absalom
ⓘ
Hushai ⓘ Jonathan son of Abiathar ⓘ |
| deliveredMessageAbout | Absalom’s plans ⓘ |
| deliveredMessageTo | King David ⓘ |
| father | Zadok ⓘ |
| fatherOccupation | priest ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hidAt |
En Rogel
ⓘ
linked to:
En-rogel
|
| hidIn | a well in Bahurim ⓘ |
| knownFor |
carrying messages during Absalom’s rebellion
ⓘ
speed as a runner ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| loyalTo | David ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
2 Samuel 15
ⓘ
2 Samuel 17 ⓘ 2 Samuel 18 ⓘ Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to:
2 Samuel
|
| nameMeaning |
brother of anger
ⓘ
my brother is wrath ⓘ |
| opposedTo | Absalom’s rebellion ⓘ |
| outran |
the Cushite
ⓘ
linked to:
Cush (son of Ham)
|
| participatedIn | events of Absalom’s rebellion ⓘ |
| protectedBy | a woman at Bahurim ⓘ |
| ranByWayOf | the plain ⓘ |
| religiousTextCategory | Deuteronomistic history ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| role | messenger for King David ⓘ |
| servedUnder | King David ⓘ |
| tribalAffiliation |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| volunteeredToRunWith | Cushite messenger ⓘ |
| withheldDetailsAbout | Absalom’s death from David ⓘ |
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: Ahimaaz Description of subject: Ahimaaz is a biblical figure, son of the priest Zadok, known for serving as a swift messenger to King David in the events surrounding Absalom’s rebellion.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ahimaaz
linked to: Ahimaaz