Jehu
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Jehu was a 9th-century BCE king of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for violently overthrowing the Omride dynasty and zealously eradicating Baal worship.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jehu canonical | 8 |
| Jehu of Israel | 1 |
| Jehu, son of Omri (on Black Obelisk inscription) | 1 |
| King Jehu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5565372 — 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: Jehu Context triple: [Northern Kingdom of Israel, notableKing, Jehu]
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A.
Ahaziah
Ahaziah was a king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible whose brief and troubled reign is noted for his idolatry and confrontation with the prophet Elijah.
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B.
Jehoram of Israel
Jehoram of Israel was a 9th-century BCE king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, son of Ahab and Jezebel, whose reign is depicted in the Hebrew Bible as marked by political turmoil and prophetic opposition.
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C.
Jehozadak
Jehozadak is a biblical priestly figure known primarily as the father of Joshua the high priest who returned with the Jewish exiles from Babylon.
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D.
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz was a king of Judah and son of Josiah who briefly reigned before being deposed by the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II.
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E.
Ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled part of Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.
- 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: Jehu Target entity description: Jehu was a 9th-century BCE king of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for violently overthrowing the Omride dynasty and zealously eradicating Baal worship.
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A.
Ahaziah
Ahaziah was a king of Israel in the Hebrew Bible whose brief and troubled reign is noted for his idolatry and confrontation with the prophet Elijah.
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B.
Jehoram of Israel
Jehoram of Israel was a 9th-century BCE king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, son of Ahab and Jezebel, whose reign is depicted in the Hebrew Bible as marked by political turmoil and prophetic opposition.
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C.
Jehozadak
Jehozadak is a biblical priestly figure known primarily as the father of Joshua the high priest who returned with the Jewish exiles from Babylon.
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D.
Jehoahaz
Jehoahaz was a king of Judah and son of Josiah who briefly reigned before being deposed by the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II.
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E.
Ish-bosheth
Ish-bosheth is a biblical figure, a son of King Saul who briefly ruled part of Israel in opposition to David after Saul’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Human ⓘ King of Israel ⓘ |
| anointedBy | a prophet sent by Elisha ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Jezreel
ⓘ
linked to:
Jezreel Valley
|
| associatedWithProphet | Elisha ⓘ |
| biblicalReference |
2 Kings 10
ⓘ
2 Kings 9 ⓘ |
| capital | Samaria ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| describedIn |
2 Kings
ⓘ
linked to:
Book of 2 Kings
Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to:
Books of Kings
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| destroyedTempleOf |
Baal in Samaria
ⓘ
linked to:
Prophets of Baal
|
| dynasty | Jehu dynasty ⓘ |
| era | Iron Age II ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Israelite ⓘ |
| evaluatedByDeuteronomisticHistorianAs | did not depart from sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat ⓘ |
| father | Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi ⓘ |
| foreignRelation | Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killed |
Jezebel
ⓘ
King Ahaziah of Judah ⓘ
linked to:
Ahaziah of Judah
King Joram of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Jehoram of Israel
|
| knownFor |
eradication of Baal worship in Israel
ⓘ
violent overthrow of the Omride dynasty ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| maintainedCultOf | golden calves at Bethel and Dan ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
ⓘ
Tel Dan Stele ⓘ
linked to:
Tel Dan
|
| militaryRankBeforeKingship | army commander ⓘ |
| notableAct |
killing of Baal priests and worshipers
ⓘ
massacre of Ahab’s descendants in Jezreel ⓘ |
| numberOfGenerationsPromisedOnThrone | four ⓘ |
| overthrewDynasty | Omride dynasty ⓘ |
| paidTributeTo | Shalmaneser III ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| predecessor | Joram ⓘ |
| region |
Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
|
| reignEnd | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| royalHouseFounded | House of Jehu ⓘ |
| sourceType | ancient Near Eastern historical figure ⓘ |
| successor |
Jehoahaz
ⓘ
linked to:
Jehoahaz of Israel
|
| title | King of Israel ⓘ |
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: Jehu Description of subject: Jehu was a 9th-century BCE king of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for violently overthrowing the Omride dynasty and zealously eradicating Baal worship.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jehu
linked to: Jehu
linked to: Jehu