Tribe of Benjamin
E87435
The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tribe of Benjamin canonical | 27 |
| tribe of Benjamin | 8 |
| Benjaminite (biblical tribe context) | 1 |
| Benjaminites | 1 |
| TribeOfBenjamin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T742228 — 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: Tribe of Benjamin Context triple: [Tribe of Judah, borderedBy, Tribe of Benjamin]
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A.
Tribe of Judah
The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
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B.
Tribe of Levi
The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Issachar
Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.
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D.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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E.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
- 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: Tribe of Benjamin Target entity description: The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
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A.
Tribe of Judah
The Tribe of Judah was one of the twelve tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally associated with leadership, the Davidic monarchy, and the lineage from which Jewish and Christian messianic expectations arise.
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B.
Tribe of Levi
The Tribe of Levi is one of the twelve tribes of Israel, traditionally designated for religious duties and priestly service in the Hebrew Bible.
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C.
Issachar
Issachar is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar.
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D.
Naphtali
Naphtali is one of the twelve sons of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible and the traditional ancestor of the Israelite Tribe of Naphtali.
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E.
Jebusites
The Jebusites were an ancient Canaanite people known primarily as the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (then called Jebus) in the Hebrew Bible.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Israel
ⓘ
biblical group ⓘ biblical patriarch ⓘ biblical tribe ⓘ tribe of Israel ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
King Davidic dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
House of David
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ |
| ancestralTo |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
surface form:
Apostle Paul (according to New Testament)
|
| associatedWithEvent | Benjaminite civil war in Judges 19–21 ⓘ |
| blessingDescribedIn |
Deuteronomy 33:12
ⓘ
Genesis 49:27 ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
tribe of Ephraim
ⓘ
surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
Tribe of Judah ⓘ Tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
surface form:
Tribe of Manasseh (in some territorial descriptions)
|
| capitalOrKeyCity |
Gibeah
ⓘ
surface form:
Gibeah (in some periods)
|
| childOf |
Jacob
ⓘ
Rachel ⓘ |
| covenantalStatus | part of covenant people of Israel ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Tribe of Judah
ⓘ
northern tribes of Israel ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Genesis
ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ Judges ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Judges
Books of Chronicles ⓘ Books of Samuel ⓘ |
| militaryReputation |
mighty warriors
ⓘ
skilled slingers ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Benjamin ⓘ |
| parent | Tribe of Benjamin self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| partOf |
Twelve Tribes of Israel
ⓘ
southern kingdom after the division of Israel ⓘ |
| positionHeld | first king of Israel ⓘ |
| produced | Saul ⓘ |
| region | central hill country of ancient Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInMonarchy | provided first Israelite monarchy through Saul ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| territoryIncludes |
Bethel
ⓘ
surface form:
Bethel (border region)
Gibeah ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form:
Jerusalem (partly, in some traditions)
Mizpah ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
surface form:
Iron Age Levant
|
| traditionalSymbol | wolf ⓘ |
| tribe |
Tribe of Benjamin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
Tribe of Benjamin self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
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: Tribe of Benjamin Description of subject: The Tribe of Benjamin was one of the twelve tribes of Israel, historically located between Judah and the northern tribes and known for producing Israel’s first king, Saul.
Referenced by (38)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Book of Judges
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
TribeOfBenjamin
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
subject surface form:
Benjamin
subject surface form:
Saul
subject surface form:
Apostle Paul
subject surface form:
Tribe of Ephraim
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
Benjaminites
subject surface form:
Jacob
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
Benjaminite (biblical tribe context)
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin
this entity surface form:
tribe of Benjamin