Maacah
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Maacah is a queen mother mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, associated with the early kings of Judah.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maacah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13378345 — 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: Maacah Context triple: [Asa, mother, Maacah]
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A.
Abel Beth Maacah
Abel Beth Maacah was an ancient fortified city in northern Israel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a strategic site near the borders of Aram and Phoenicia.
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B.
Iscah
Iscah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis, traditionally identified by some commentators with Sarai (Sarah), the wife of Abraham.
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C.
Meroz
Meroz is a place or clan mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges, remembered for being cursed for failing to aid Israel in battle.
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D.
Pekuah
Pekuah is a loyal and intelligent attendant to Princess Nekayah in Samuel Johnson’s philosophical novel "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia," whose abduction and experiences highlight themes of virtue, suffering, and resilience.
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E.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
- 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: Maacah Target entity description: Maacah is a queen mother mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, associated with the early kings of Judah.
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A.
Abel Beth Maacah
Abel Beth Maacah was an ancient fortified city in northern Israel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as a strategic site near the borders of Aram and Phoenicia.
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B.
Iscah
Iscah is a minor biblical figure mentioned in the Book of Genesis, traditionally identified by some commentators with Sarai (Sarah), the wife of Abraham.
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C.
Meroz
Meroz is a place or clan mentioned in the biblical Book of Judges, remembered for being cursed for failing to aid Israel in battle.
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D.
Pekuah
Pekuah is a loyal and intelligent attendant to Princess Nekayah in Samuel Johnson’s philosophical novel "Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia," whose abduction and experiences highlight themes of virtue, suffering, and resilience.
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E.
Libnah
Libnah was a woman of the royal family of Judah, known primarily as the wife of King Josiah and the mother of King Zedekiah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical person
ⓘ
queen mother ⓘ woman in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| activeDuringReignOf |
Abijam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Asa NERFINISHED ⓘ Rehoboam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Maacah daughter of Abishalom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maakah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter |
1 Kings 15
ⓘ
2 Chronicles 11 ⓘ 2 Chronicles 15 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Asherah worship ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure | Absalom son of David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalTradition | Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| daughterOf | Abishalom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasticHouse | House of David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| granddaughterOf | Absalom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
ancestor in Davidic line
ⓘ
mother of a king ⓘ royal consort ⓘ |
| heldTitle |
gebirah
ⓘ
queen mother of Judah ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Kings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2 Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| motherOf |
Abijah of Judah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Abijam of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Asa of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | oppression ⓘ |
| nameType | theophoric or descriptive Hebrew name ⓘ |
| positionRelativeToCourt | member of royal court of Judah ⓘ |
| positionRelativeToKing | king’s mother ⓘ |
| reasonForRemoval | made an abominable image for Asherah ⓘ |
| religiousContext | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ Rastafari movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Samaritanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| removedFromPositionBy | Asa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| roleInText | politically influential royal woman ⓘ |
| sourceType | ancient religious text ⓘ |
| spouseOf | Rehoboam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Maacah Description of subject: Maacah is a queen mother mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, associated with the early kings of Judah.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.