Shadrach
E142610
Shadrach is one of the three Hebrew youths in the biblical Book of Daniel who, along with Meshach and Abednego, is miraculously preserved by God in the fiery furnace after refusing to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1237754 — 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: Shadrach Context triple: [Song of the Three Holy Youths, characterInNarrative, Shadrach]
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A.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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B.
Abednego
Abednego is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of three Jewish youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
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C.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
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D.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Isaac of Nineveh
Isaac of Nineveh was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop and mystic renowned for his influential writings on asceticism, prayer, and divine mercy.
- 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: Shadrach Target entity description: Shadrach is one of the three Hebrew youths in the biblical Book of Daniel who, along with Meshach and Abednego, is miraculously preserved by God in the fiery furnace after refusing to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image.
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A.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
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B.
Abednego
Abednego is a biblical figure from the Book of Daniel, known as one of three Jewish youths miraculously saved from King Nebuchadnezzar’s fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden idol.
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C.
Shadrach Bond
Shadrach Bond was an American politician who became the first governor of the state of Illinois after it was admitted to the Union.
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D.
Shephatiah
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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E.
Isaac of Nineveh
Isaac of Nineveh was a 7th-century Syriac Christian bishop and mystic renowned for his influential writings on asceticism, prayer, and divine mercy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew youth
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ character in the Book of Daniel ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Book of Daniel
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Tanakh ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abednego
ⓘ
Babylonian exile ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian captivity
Daniel ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
surface form:
King Nebuchadnezzar II
Meshach ⓘ |
| category |
Book of Daniel person
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible person ⓘ Old Testament saint ⓘ |
| event | Fiery furnace episode ⓘ |
| groupMembership |
companions of Daniel in Babylon
ⓘ
three youths in the fiery furnace ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being thrown into the fiery furnace
ⓘ
miraculous deliverance from the fiery furnace ⓘ refusing to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| nameGivenBy | Babylonians ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | companion of Daniel ⓘ |
| originalName |
Azariah
ⓘ
surface form:
Hananiah
|
| originalNameLanguage | Hebrew ⓘ |
| position | official in the Babylonian administration ⓘ |
| protectedBy | God ⓘ |
| refuses |
idolatry
ⓘ
worship of the golden statue ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ |
| scripturalChapter | Daniel 3 ⓘ |
| servesUnder |
Nebuchadnezzar II
ⓘ
surface form:
King Nebuchadnezzar II
|
| theme |
divine deliverance
ⓘ
faith under persecution ⓘ resistance to idolatry ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| virtue |
courage
ⓘ
faithfulness to God ⓘ obedience to religious law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Shadrach Description of subject: Shadrach is one of the three Hebrew youths in the biblical Book of Daniel who, along with Meshach and Abednego, is miraculously preserved by God in the fiery furnace after refusing to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hananiah