Books of Kings

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Deuteronomistic history Hebrew Bible book Old Testament book biblical book

The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Book of Kings	31
Books of Kings canonical	26
1 Kings	3
2 Kings	3
1–2 Kings	1
2 Kings 17	1
2 Kings 25	1
מלכים א׳	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T158613 — 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: Books of Kings
Context triple: [King David, mentionedIn, Books of Kings]

A. His Majesty
His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
B. The Sleeping Prince
The Sleeping Prince is a 1953 romantic comedy play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan, best known today as the stage work later adapted into the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
C. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
D. Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
E. Royal Knights and Ladies
Royal Knights and Ladies are members of the British monarchy who hold the highest chivalric honor within the United Kingdom’s system of orders.
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: Books of Kings
Target entity description: The Books of Kings are historical and theological narratives in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that recount the reigns of Israel’s and Judah’s monarchs, the role of prophets, and the spiritual decline leading to exile.

A. His Majesty
His Majesty is the formal style of address used for a reigning male British monarch.
B. The Sleeping Prince
The Sleeping Prince is a 1953 romantic comedy play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan, best known today as the stage work later adapted into the film "The Prince and the Showgirl" starring Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier.
C. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
D. Her Majesty
Her Majesty is the formal royal style used to address or refer to a reigning queen such as Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
E. Royal Knights and Ladies
Royal Knights and Ladies are members of the British monarchy who hold the highest chivalric honor within the United Kingdom’s system of orders.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Deuteronomistic history ⓘ Hebrew Bible book ⓘ Old Testament book ⓘ biblical book ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Books of Kings ⓘ surface form: 1–2 Kings Kings ⓘ
beginsWith	reign of Solomon ⓘ
canonicalOrderInChristianOldTestament	after 2 Samuel ⓘ before 1 Chronicles ⓘ
canonicalOrderInHebrewBible	after Samuel ⓘ before Isaiah ⓘ
centralTheme	covenant faithfulness and unfaithfulness ⓘ role of prophets in Israel and Judah ⓘ spiritual decline leading to exile ⓘ
contains	accounts of idolatry and high places ⓘ accounts of temple worship in Jerusalem ⓘ prophetic oracles and miracles ⓘ
endsWith	Babylonian exile ⓘ surface form: Babylonian exile of Judah
evaluatesKingsBy	faithfulness to Yahweh ⓘ
genre	historical narrative ⓘ theological narrative ⓘ
hasPart	1 Kings ⓘ 2 Kings ⓘ
includesEvent	division of the united monarchy ⓘ fall of the northern kingdom of Israel ⓘ fall of the southern kingdom of Judah ⓘ
includesFigure	Ahab ⓘ Elijah ⓘ Elisha ⓘ Hezekiah ⓘ Jeroboam I ⓘ Jezebel ⓘ Josiah ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ King Solomon ⓘ surface form: Solomon
influencedBy	Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ surface form: Deuteronomy
narrativeScope	from reign of Solomon to Babylonian exile ⓘ monarchies of Israel and Judah ⓘ
originalLanguage	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
partOf	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Old Testament Prophets ⓘ surface form: Former Prophets Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Neviim ⓘ
preservedIn	Masorah ⓘ surface form: Masoretic Text Septuagint ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
theologicalPerspective	Deuteronomistic ⓘ

How these facts were elicited