Ahaz
E474798
Ahaz was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his unfaithfulness to God and political alliances with Assyria.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ahaz canonical | 2 |
| Ahaz of Judah | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4838738 — 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: Ahaz Context triple: [Hezekiah, predecessor, Ahaz]
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A.
Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his religious reforms, resistance to Assyrian invasion, and reliance on prophetic counsel.
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B.
Pekah
Pekah was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, known for his reign during a period of political instability and conflict with Assyria.
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C.
Uzziah
Uzziah was a long-reigning king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his military success, economic prosperity, and eventual downfall after being struck with leprosy.
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D.
Manasseh
Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
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E.
Vaballathus
Vaballathus was a 3rd-century Palmyrene prince and briefly recognized Roman imperial claimant who ruled alongside his mother Zenobia during the Palmyrene Empire’s expansion before being defeated by Emperor Aurelian.
- 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: Ahaz Target entity description: Ahaz was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his unfaithfulness to God and political alliances with Assyria.
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A.
Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his religious reforms, resistance to Assyrian invasion, and reliance on prophetic counsel.
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B.
Pekah
Pekah was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, known for his reign during a period of political instability and conflict with Assyria.
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C.
Uzziah
Uzziah was a long-reigning king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his military success, economic prosperity, and eventual downfall after being struck with leprosy.
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D.
Manasseh
Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
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E.
Vaballathus
Vaballathus was a 3rd-century Palmyrene prince and briefly recognized Roman imperial claimant who ruled alongside his mother Zenobia during the Palmyrene Empire’s expansion before being defeated by Emperor Aurelian.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
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Human ⓘ King of Judah ⓘ |
| allyOf | Tiglath-Pileser III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jehoahaz (shortened form) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alters | altar in the Temple of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Immanuel prophecy in Isaiah 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalReference |
2 Chronicles 28
NERFINISHED
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2 Kings 16 ⓘ Isaiah 14:28 NERFINISHED ⓘ Isaiah 7 ⓘ Isaiah 8 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builds | altars to foreign gods in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| burialHonor | not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel ⓘ |
| burialPlace | City of David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closes | doors of the Temple of the Lord ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Pekah son of Remaliah
NERFINISHED
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Rezin of Aram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dynasty | Davidic dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Hezekiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| grandsonOf | Uzziah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | House of David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn | Syro-Ephraimite War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| kingOf | Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
political alliance with Assyria
ⓘ
religious unfaithfulness to the God of Israel ⓘ |
| languageContext | Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of 2 Chronicles
NERFINISHED
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Book of 2 Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Isaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | He has grasped ⓘ |
| paysTributeTo | Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Jotham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| receivesProphecyFrom | Isaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refusesSignFrom | God of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEndApprox | c. 715 BCE ⓘ |
| reignOver | Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignStartApprox | c. 735 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism mixed with idolatry ⓘ |
| religiousPractice |
child sacrifice
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idolatry ⓘ |
| seeksHelpFrom | Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sonOf | Jotham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Abi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Hezekiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worships |
Baals
NERFINISHED
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foreign gods ⓘ |
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: Ahaz Description of subject: Ahaz was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his unfaithfulness to God and political alliances with Assyria.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.