king of Ai (in Joshua narrative)
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The king of Ai in the Joshua narrative is the Canaanite ruler who opposes the Israelites, is defeated through Joshua’s ambush strategy, and is ultimately captured and executed as a sign of Israel’s conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| king of Ai (in Joshua narrative) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16477893 — 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 Ai (in Joshua narrative) Context triple: [Ai, commandedBy, king of Ai (in Joshua narrative)]
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A.
Amon, king of Judah
Amon, king of Judah, was a late 7th-century BCE monarch of the Kingdom of Judah whose brief and idolatrous reign ended in assassination, leading to the succession of his son Josiah.
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B.
King Baasha of Israel
King Baasha of Israel was a 9th-century BCE monarch of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for overthrowing the previous dynasty and frequently clashing with the neighboring Kingdom of Judah.
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C.
Jabin, king of Canaan
Jabin, king of Canaan, is a biblical ruler mentioned in the Book of Judges as a powerful Canaanite monarch defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak.
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D.
Og king of Bashan
Og, king of Bashan, is a biblical Amorite ruler remembered as one of the last of the Rephaim giants and a formidable opponent of the Israelites in the Transjordan region.
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E.
Sihon king of the Amorites
Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
- 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 Ai (in Joshua narrative) Target entity description: The king of Ai in the Joshua narrative is the Canaanite ruler who opposes the Israelites, is defeated through Joshua’s ambush strategy, and is ultimately captured and executed as a sign of Israel’s conquest.
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A.
Amon, king of Judah
Amon, king of Judah, was a late 7th-century BCE monarch of the Kingdom of Judah whose brief and idolatrous reign ended in assassination, leading to the succession of his son Josiah.
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B.
King Baasha of Israel
King Baasha of Israel was a 9th-century BCE monarch of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for overthrowing the previous dynasty and frequently clashing with the neighboring Kingdom of Judah.
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C.
Jabin, king of Canaan
Jabin, king of Canaan, is a biblical ruler mentioned in the Book of Judges as a powerful Canaanite monarch defeated by the Israelite forces led by Deborah and Barak.
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D.
Og king of Bashan
Og, king of Bashan, is a biblical Amorite ruler remembered as one of the last of the Rephaim giants and a formidable opponent of the Israelites in the Transjordan region.
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E.
Sihon king of the Amorites
Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.