Elisha
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Elisha is a prominent Hebrew prophet in the Bible, known as the successor of Elijah and for performing numerous miracles in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elisha canonical | 15 |
| Prophet Elisha | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T887815 — 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: Elisha Context triple: [Kings, mentionsProphet, Elisha]
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A.
Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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B.
Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
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C.
Hoshea
Hoshea was the last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, whose reign ended with the Assyrian conquest and the kingdom’s destruction in the 8th century BCE.
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D.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
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E.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
- 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: Elisha Target entity description: Elisha is a prominent Hebrew prophet in the Bible, known as the successor of Elijah and for performing numerous miracles in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
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A.
Elisha
Elisha is the given first name of former NFL quarterback Eli Manning, who led the New York Giants to two Super Bowl championships.
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B.
Elijah
Elijah is a major Old Testament prophet who, according to the Bible, was taken up to heaven and later appeared alongside Moses during Jesus’ Transfiguration.
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C.
Hoshea
Hoshea was the last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, whose reign ended with the Assyrian conquest and the kingdom’s destruction in the 8th century BCE.
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D.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
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E.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew prophet
ⓘ
Old Testament prophet ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ |
| activeIn | Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Jericho
ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ Samaria ⓘ Shunem ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Jehoram of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
King Jehoram of Israel
Jehoram of Israel ⓘ
surface form:
King Jehu of Israel
King Joash of Israel ⓘ |
| deathNarrativeLocation | 2 Kings 13 ⓘ |
| era | 9th century BCE ⓘ |
| honorificTitle |
man of God
ⓘ
prophet in Israel ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
New Testament ⓘ Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Quran ⓘ
surface form:
Qur'an
|
| mentor | Elijah ⓘ |
| nameInIslam | Al-Yasa ⓘ |
| performedMiracle |
calling bears to maul mocking youths
ⓘ
feeding a hundred men with small amount of food ⓘ healing of Naaman the Syrian ⓘ making iron axe head float ⓘ multiplication of widow's oil ⓘ purifying the waters of Jericho ⓘ raising the Shunammite woman's son ⓘ |
| posthumousMiracle | reviving a dead man who touched his bones ⓘ |
| propheticActivity |
anointing Jehu as king of Israel
ⓘ
counseling kings of Israel ⓘ involvement in anointing Hazael as king of Aram ⓘ |
| propheticLineage | school of Elijah ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| role |
miracle worker
ⓘ
prophet of Yahweh ⓘ |
| scripturalBook |
1 Kings
ⓘ
Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings
|
| scripturalChapter |
Book of 2 Kings
ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings 13
Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings 2
Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings 4
2 Kings 5 ⓘ Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings 6
|
| servedIn |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel
|
| successorOf | Elijah ⓘ |
| teacherOf | sons of the prophets ⓘ |
| vision | chariots of fire around Dothan ⓘ |
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: Elisha Description of subject: Elisha is a prominent Hebrew prophet in the Bible, known as the successor of Elijah and for performing numerous miracles in the kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Prophet Elisha
this entity surface form:
Prophet Elisha