King of Judah
E81794
The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| King of Judah canonical | 9 |
| King of Judea | 4 |
| Kings of Judah | 4 |
| Jehoshaphat | 3 |
| Jehoshaphat of Judah | 3 |
| Uzziah | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T651860 — 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: King of Judah Context triple: [Jehoiachin, positionHeld, King of Judah]
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A.
Rehoboam
Rehoboam was a king of ancient Judah, best known for his harsh policies that led to the division of the united monarchy of Israel into the northern and southern kingdoms.
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B.
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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C.
King Zedekiah of Judah
King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
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D.
King David
King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
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E.
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his troubled reign under Egyptian and then Babylonian domination.
- 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: King of Judah Target entity description: The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
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A.
Rehoboam
Rehoboam was a king of ancient Judah, best known for his harsh policies that led to the division of the united monarchy of Israel into the northern and southern kingdoms.
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B.
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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C.
King Zedekiah of Judah
King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
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D.
King David
King David is the second king of ancient Israel, revered in Judaism as a foundational monarch, warrior, and psalmist whose dynasty is central to Jewish messianic tradition.
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E.
Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his troubled reign under Egyptian and then Babylonian domination.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
monarch
ⓘ
position of authority ⓘ royal title ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Judah son of Jacob
ⓘ
surface form:
Judah
|
| associatedWith |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Davidic dynasty
First Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Temple of Solomon
|
| capital | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Judah ⓘ |
| dissolved | 586 BCE ⓘ |
| endCause |
Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE)
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem
|
| firstHolder | Rehoboam ⓘ |
| follows |
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
ⓘ
surface form:
United Monarchy of Israel
|
| governmentalRole |
commander-in-chief of the army
ⓘ
head of state ⓘ supreme judge ⓘ |
| hasPredecessor | King of the United Monarchy of Israel ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | no native king after Babylonian conquest ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Divided Monarchy period
ⓘ
Iron Age Levant ⓘ Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian period
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian period
|
| inception | c. 930 BCE ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Hebrew ⓘ |
| lastHolder |
King Zedekiah of Judah
ⓘ
surface form:
Zedekiah
|
| notableHolder |
Asa
ⓘ
Hezekiah ⓘ King of Judah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jehoshaphat
Josiah ⓘ Manasseh, king of Judah ⓘ
surface form:
Manasseh
Rehoboam ⓘ King of Judah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Uzziah
|
| partOf |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
|
| positionHeldBy |
Asa
ⓘ
Hezekiah ⓘ King of Judah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Jehoshaphat
Josiah ⓘ Manasseh, king of Judah ⓘ
surface form:
Manasseh
Rehoboam ⓘ King of Judah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Uzziah
King Zedekiah of Judah ⓘ
surface form:
Zedekiah
|
| religion |
Judaism
ⓘ
Yahwism ⓘ |
| religiousRole |
promoter of the worship of Yahweh
ⓘ
protector of the Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| residence |
Temple Mount
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Palace in Jerusalem
|
| source |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
ancient Near Eastern inscriptions ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Achaemenid Empire (as local leadership after monarchy)
Assyria ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ |
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: King of Judah Description of subject: The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jehoiachin
this entity surface form:
Jehoshaphat
this entity surface form:
Uzziah
this entity surface form:
Jehoshaphat
this entity surface form:
Uzziah
this entity surface form:
King of Judea
this entity surface form:
Jehoshaphat
this entity surface form:
Jehoshaphat of Judah
this entity surface form:
Kings of Judah
this entity surface form:
Jehoshaphat of Judah
this entity surface form:
Jehoshaphat of Judah
this entity surface form:
King of Judea
this entity surface form:
King of Judea
this entity surface form:
King of Judea