Sons of Korah

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Levitical family biblical figure biblical group temple musicians

The Sons of Korah were a Levitical family line in ancient Israel known for their role as temple singers and composers of several psalms in the Hebrew Bible.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
sons of Korah	10
Sons of Korah canonical	3
Korahites	1
Numbers 16	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T181687 — 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: Sons of Korah
Context triple: [Psalms, traditionalAuthor, Sons of Korah]

A. Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
B. Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
C. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
D. Hills of Jerusalem
Hills of Jerusalem are the elevated landforms in and around the city of Jerusalem that include several historically and religiously significant sites in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
E. the Seven Trumpets
The Seven Trumpets are a series of apocalyptic judgments in the Book of Revelation, each heralding catastrophic events that unfold as angels sound their trumpets.
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: Sons of Korah
Target entity description: The Sons of Korah were a Levitical family line in ancient Israel known for their role as temple singers and composers of several psalms in the Hebrew Bible.

A. Twelve Tribes of Israel
The Twelve Tribes of Israel are the traditional divisions of the ancient Israelite people, each descended from one of the twelve sons of the biblical patriarch Jacob.
B. Return to Zion
Return to Zion refers to the period and movement in which Jewish exiles returned from Babylon to their ancestral homeland and rebuilt their religious and communal life, including the restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem.
C. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
D. Hills of Jerusalem
Hills of Jerusalem are the elevated landforms in and around the city of Jerusalem that include several historically and religiously significant sites in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
E. the Seven Trumpets
The Seven Trumpets are a series of apocalyptic judgments in the Book of Revelation, each heralding catastrophic events that unfold as angels sound their trumpets.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Levitical family ⓘ biblical figure ⓘ biblical group ⓘ temple musicians ⓘ
associatedWith	Jewish Temple ⓘ surface form: Temple in Jerusalem tabernacle worship ⓘ
country	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
ethnicity	Israelites ⓘ
function	lead congregational praise ⓘ perform liturgical music ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
lineage	descendants of Korah son of Izhar ⓘ descendants of the Kohathite clan ⓘ
mentionedIn	Books of Chronicles ⓘ surface form: Book of Chronicles Book of Numbers ⓘ Psalms ⓘ surface form: Book of Psalms
namedAfter	Korah ⓘ
office	doorkeepers for the ark ⓘ keepers of the thresholds of the tent ⓘ
psalmSuperscription	Psalm 42 ⓘ Psalm 44 ⓘ Psalm 45 ⓘ Psalm 46 ⓘ Psalm 47 ⓘ Psalm 48 ⓘ Psalm 49 ⓘ Psalm 84 ⓘ Psalm 85 ⓘ Psalm 87 ⓘ Psalm 88 ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ Yahwism ⓘ
role	gatekeepers of the sanctuary ⓘ psalm composers ⓘ temple singers ⓘ
sacredText	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
status	did not perish in Korah’s rebellion ⓘ
subgroupOf	Tribe of Levi ⓘ surface form: Levites
themeOfPsalms	Zion and the presence of God ⓘ longing for God’s house ⓘ trust in God amid distress ⓘ
timePeriod	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: First Temple period monarchical period of ancient Israel ⓘ
tribe	Levi ⓘ Levi ⓘ
worshipCenter	Jerusalem ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Psalms → traditionalAuthor → Sons of Korah ⓘ

Korah → rebellionDescribedIn → Sons of Korah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Numbers 16

Korah → descendantsKnownAs → Sons of Korah ⓘ