Saul’s campaign against Amalek

Target entity: Saul’s campaign against Amalek
Context triple: [Amalekites, notableEvent, Saul’s campaign against Amalek]

• A. Saul–David conflict
  The Saul–David conflict refers to the biblical power struggle and personal rivalry between Israel’s first king, Saul, and his eventual successor, David, as recounted in the Books of Samuel.
• B. Israelite war against Benjamin
  The Israelite war against Benjamin was a brutal civil conflict in ancient Israel, recounted in the Book of Judges, in which the other tribes nearly annihilated the tribe of Benjamin after a grievous crime in Gibeah.
• C. siege of Lachish
  The siege of Lachish was a major 7th-century BCE Assyrian military campaign in Judah, famously depicted in detailed reliefs from King Sennacherib’s palace at Nineveh.
• D. battle of Gilboa
  The Battle of Gilboa was the biblical clash in which King Saul and his sons were defeated by the Philistines, leading to Saul’s death and the end of his reign over Israel.
• E. Battle of Jericho
  The Battle of Jericho is a biblical event in which the Israelites, led by Joshua, captured the fortified city of Jericho after its walls miraculously collapsed following seven days of ritual encirclement and trumpet blasts.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Saul’s campaign against Amalek
Target entity description: Saul’s campaign against Amalek was the biblical military expedition in which King Saul attacked the Amalekites but lost God’s favor by disobeying the divine command to completely destroy them and their possessions.

• A. Saul–David conflict
  The Saul–David conflict refers to the biblical power struggle and personal rivalry between Israel’s first king, Saul, and his eventual successor, David, as recounted in the Books of Samuel.
• B. Israelite war against Benjamin
  The Israelite war against Benjamin was a brutal civil conflict in ancient Israel, recounted in the Book of Judges, in which the other tribes nearly annihilated the tribe of Benjamin after a grievous crime in Gibeah.
• C. siege of Lachish
  The siege of Lachish was a major 7th-century BCE Assyrian military campaign in Judah, famously depicted in detailed reliefs from King Sennacherib’s palace at Nineveh.
• D. battle of Gilboa
  The Battle of Gilboa was the biblical clash in which King Saul and his sons were defeated by the Philistines, leading to Saul’s death and the end of his reign over Israel.
• E. Battle of Jericho
  The Battle of Jericho is a biblical event in which the Israelites, led by Joshua, captured the fortified city of Jericho after its walls miraculously collapsed following seven days of ritual encirclement and trumpet blasts.
• F. None of above. chosen