Prophets of Baal
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The Prophets of Baal were pagan religious functionaries in the Hebrew Bible who promoted the worship of the Canaanite storm god Baal in opposition to the God of Israel.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baal in Samaria | 1 |
| Prophets of Baal canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5565416 — 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: Prophets of Baal Context triple: [Ahaziah, spiritualAdvisor, Prophets of Baal]
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A.
The Heathens
The Heathens is the historic nickname of Newton Heath F.C., the football club that later became Manchester United.
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B.
Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
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C.
The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure drama film set in 1920s Central America, starring Robert Mitchum as a gun-toting priest caught up in political and religious conflict.
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D.
Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
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E.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
- 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: Prophets of Baal Target entity description: The Prophets of Baal were pagan religious functionaries in the Hebrew Bible who promoted the worship of the Canaanite storm god Baal in opposition to the God of Israel.
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A.
The Heathens
The Heathens is the historic nickname of Newton Heath F.C., the football club that later became Manchester United.
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B.
Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
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C.
The Wrath of God
The Wrath of God is a 1972 adventure drama film set in 1920s Central America, starring Robert Mitchum as a gun-toting priest caught up in political and religious conflict.
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D.
Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
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E.
On the Gods
On the Gods is a lost work of ancient scholarship by Apollodorus of Athens that likely examined Greek religious beliefs and deities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical people
ⓘ
pagan priesthood ⓘ religious group ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Mount Carmel ⓘ |
| associatedWithCultCenter | Samaria ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
Contest on Mount Carmel
ⓘ
linked to:
Mount Carmel
|
| associatedWithFigure |
King Ahab
ⓘ
Queen Jezebel ⓘ
linked to:
Jezebel
|
| associatedWithKingdom |
Kingdom of Israel (Northern Kingdom)
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| condemnedAs |
false prophets
ⓘ
idolaters ⓘ |
| condemnedBy | Deuteronomistic historian ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
ancient Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Ancient Israel
ancient Near East ⓘ |
| defeatedIn | contest of fire on Mount Carmel ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | Canaanite religion ⓘ |
| fateIn1Kings18 | slaughtered at the Kishon Valley ⓘ |
| genderComposition | primarily male ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| mentionedIn |
1 Kings
ⓘ
1 Kings 18 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| numberIn1Kings18 | 450 ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Elijah
ⓘ
God of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
the LORD
Yahweh ⓘ
linked to:
Elohim
|
| opposes | worship of Yahweh ⓘ |
| primaryNarrativeRole |
advocates of idolatry
ⓘ
opponents of Elijah ⓘ |
| religion |
Baalism
ⓘ
linked to:
Canaanite religion
|
| ritualPractice |
bloodletting
ⓘ
calling on Baal ⓘ dancing around altar ⓘ sacrificial offerings ⓘ self-laceration ⓘ |
| role |
cultic officials
ⓘ
prophets ⓘ religious functionaries ⓘ |
| scripturalStatus | negative exemplars ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
apostasy in Israelite religion
ⓘ
conflict between monotheism and polytheism ⓘ |
| theologicalFunction | mediators between Baal and his worshippers ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age Levant
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monarchic period of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| viewedAsByBiblicalAuthors | threat to covenant fidelity ⓘ |
| worshippedDeity |
Baal
ⓘ
Canaanite storm god ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Prophets of Baal Description of subject: The Prophets of Baal were pagan religious functionaries in the Hebrew Bible who promoted the worship of the Canaanite storm god Baal in opposition to the God of Israel.
Referenced by (2)
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linked to: Prophets of Baal