Zimri
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Zimri was a short-reigning king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, known from the Hebrew Bible for seizing the throne through a coup and then dying in a palace fire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zimri canonical | 3 |
| Zimri of Israel | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6838403 — 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: Zimri Context triple: [King Omri, predecessor, Zimri]
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A.
Cushan-Rishathaim
Cushan-Rishathaim is a foreign king mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges as an oppressor of Israel whom God delivered into the hands of the judge Othniel.
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B.
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim was an early 18th-century BCE Amorite king of Mari in Mesopotamia, known from extensive palace archives that illuminate the politics and society of his time.
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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.
Shaul
Shaul is the Hebrew form of the name Saul, most famously associated with the first king of ancient Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Jozue
Jozue is a given name and form of the biblical name Joshua, used in various European languages and traditions.
- 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: Zimri Target entity description: Zimri was a short-reigning king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, known from the Hebrew Bible for seizing the throne through a coup and then dying in a palace fire.
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A.
Cushan-Rishathaim
Cushan-Rishathaim is a foreign king mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges as an oppressor of Israel whom God delivered into the hands of the judge Othniel.
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B.
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim was an early 18th-century BCE Amorite king of Mari in Mesopotamia, known from extensive palace archives that illuminate the politics and society of his time.
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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.
Shaul
Shaul is the Hebrew form of the name Saul, most famously associated with the first king of ancient Israel in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Jozue
Jozue is a given name and form of the biblical name Joshua, used in various European languages and traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Israel
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ human ⓘ |
| alsoSignificantIn | Christian tradition ⓘ |
| approximateCentury | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapter | 1 Kings 16 ⓘ |
| capital | Tirzah ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | self‑inflicted palace fire ⓘ |
| condemnedFor |
idolatry
ⓘ
walking in the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| describedIn |
Book of 1 Kings
ⓘ
linked to:
1 Kings
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Christian Old Testament
|
| era | Iron Age Levant ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Israelite
ⓘ
linked to:
Israelites
|
| eventLeadingToDeath | siege of Tirzah by Omri ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| killed |
Elah
ⓘ
linked to:
Elah Valley
all the male relatives of Baasha ⓘ friends of Baasha ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew (as cultural-linguistic context) ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| methodOfAccession |
assassination of the reigning king
ⓘ
coup d’état ⓘ |
| moralEvaluationInText | did evil in the sight of the LORD ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dying in a palace fire he set himself
ⓘ
reigning only seven days ⓘ seizing the throne by assassinating Elah ⓘ |
| occupation | military commander ⓘ |
| opponent |
Israelite army at Gibbethon
ⓘ
Omri ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Tirzah ⓘ |
| positionHeld | king of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Elah
ⓘ
linked to:
Elah Valley
|
| predecessorDynasty | House of Baasha ⓘ |
| primaryTradition | Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| prophecySource | Jehu son of Hanani ⓘ |
| propheticFulfillment | destruction of the house of Baasha ⓘ |
| rank | commander of half the chariots ⓘ |
| reasonForMassKilling | to eliminate the house of Baasha ⓘ |
| reignCharacteristic | short reign ⓘ |
| reignDuration | 7 days ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| servedUnder | King Elah ⓘ |
| sourceType | religious text ⓘ |
| successor | Omri ⓘ |
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: Zimri Description of subject: Zimri was a short-reigning king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, known from the Hebrew Bible for seizing the throne through a coup and then dying in a palace fire.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Zimri
linked to: Zimri