Jotham
E481021
Jotham is a biblical figure, the youngest son of Gideon (Jerubbaal), known for delivering a prophetic parable against his brother Abimelech in the Book of Judges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jotham canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4935590 — 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: Jotham Context triple: [Abimelech, spared, Jotham]
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A.
Abijah
Abijah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his brief reign following his father Rehoboam and his conflicts with the northern kingdom of Israel.
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B.
Amasa
Amasa is a biblical military commander mentioned in the Old Testament, notably involved in the power struggles during King David’s reign.
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C.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
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D.
Josiah Dallas
Josiah Dallas is the given first name of J. Dallas Dort, an American businessman and early automotive industry pioneer associated with the Dort Motor Car Company.
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E.
Yehoyaqim
Yehoyaqim is a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his reign during the late 7th to early 6th century BCE amid rising Babylonian power.
- 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: Jotham Target entity description: Jotham is a biblical figure, the youngest son of Gideon (Jerubbaal), known for delivering a prophetic parable against his brother Abimelech in the Book of Judges.
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A.
Abijah
Abijah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his brief reign following his father Rehoboam and his conflicts with the northern kingdom of Israel.
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B.
Amasa
Amasa is a biblical military commander mentioned in the Old Testament, notably involved in the power struggles during King David’s reign.
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C.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
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D.
Josiah Dallas
Josiah Dallas is the given first name of J. Dallas Dort, an American businessman and early automotive industry pioneer associated with the Dort Motor Car Company.
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E.
Yehoyaqim
Yehoyaqim is a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his reign during the late 7th to early 6th century BCE amid rising Babylonian power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
person ⓘ |
| addressedTo | leaders of Shechem ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| associatedWithTheme |
divine justice
ⓘ
legitimacy of kingship ⓘ retribution ⓘ |
| childOf |
Gideon
ⓘ
Jerubbaal ⓘ |
| connectedToPlace |
Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Gerizim area
Ophrah ⓘ Shechem ⓘ |
| describedAs | youngest son of Gideon ⓘ |
| genreOfSpeech | wisdom literature motif ⓘ |
| givenName | Jotham ⓘ |
| hasFather |
Gideon
ⓘ
Jerubbaal ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
parable of the trees
ⓘ
prophetic parable against Abimelech ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locationOfSpeech | near Shechem ⓘ |
| meaningOfName |
YHWH is perfect
ⓘ
YHWH is upright ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | moral commentator on events in Judges 9 ⓘ |
| opposed | Abimelech ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| role | prophetic voice against unjust kingship ⓘ |
| scripturalCanon |
Christian Old Testament
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ |
| siblingOf | Abimelech ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Judges 9
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
|
| spokeAgainst |
fratricide committed by Abimelech
ⓘ
unfaithfulness of Shechem ⓘ |
| spokeAt |
Mount Gerizim
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Gerizim area
|
| survivedEvent | massacre of Gideon’s sons at Ophrah ⓘ |
| traditionallyViewedAs | righteous remnant of Gideon’s house ⓘ |
| usedLiteraryForm |
fable
ⓘ
parable ⓘ |
| warned | men of Shechem ⓘ |
| warnedAbout | consequences of making Abimelech king ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Jotham Description of subject: Jotham is a biblical figure, the youngest son of Gideon (Jerubbaal), known for delivering a prophetic parable against his brother Abimelech in the Book of Judges.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.