Benaiah
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Benaiah was a prominent Israelite warrior and commander under King David and King Solomon, renowned for his bravery and loyalty in biblical accounts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benaiah son of Jehoiada | 3 |
| Benaiah canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4852332 — 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: Benaiah Context triple: [Joab, executedBy, Benaiah]
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A.
Abishai
Abishai is a prominent Old Testament military leader and nephew of King David, known for his close association with his brother Joab and his role in David’s campaigns.
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B.
Joab
Joab is a prominent military commander in the Hebrew Bible, known especially as King David’s ruthless yet loyal army leader.
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C.
Uriah the Hittite
Uriah the Hittite is a biblical figure and loyal soldier in King David’s army, best known for being betrayed and killed after David’s adultery with his wife Bathsheba.
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D.
Jerubbaal
Jerubbaal is an alternate name for Gideon, the biblical judge and military leader who delivered Israel from Midianite oppression.
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E.
Amnon
Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.
- 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: Benaiah Target entity description: Benaiah was a prominent Israelite warrior and commander under King David and King Solomon, renowned for his bravery and loyalty in biblical accounts.
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A.
Abishai
Abishai is a prominent Old Testament military leader and nephew of King David, known for his close association with his brother Joab and his role in David’s campaigns.
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B.
Joab
Joab is a prominent military commander in the Hebrew Bible, known especially as King David’s ruthless yet loyal army leader.
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C.
Uriah the Hittite
Uriah the Hittite is a biblical figure and loyal soldier in King David’s army, best known for being betrayed and killed after David’s adultery with his wife Bathsheba.
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D.
Jerubbaal
Jerubbaal is an alternate name for Gideon, the biblical judge and military leader who delivered Israel from Midianite oppression.
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E.
Amnon
Amnon is a biblical figure known as the eldest son of King David, whose rape of his half-sister Tamar and subsequent murder by her brother Absalom sparked major turmoil in David’s household.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Israelite
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ military commander ⓘ warrior ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Judah (traditionally) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Israelite ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| executedOnSolomon’sOrders |
Adonijah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joab NERFINISHED ⓘ Shimei son of Gera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyBackground | son of Jehoiada ⓘ |
| father | Jehoiada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Benaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| killed |
a lion in a pit on a snowy day
ⓘ
an Egyptian of great stature ⓘ two mighty warriors of Moab ⓘ |
| loyalTo |
David
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf |
David’s mighty warriors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Thirty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
First Book of Kings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
Second Book of Samuel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bravery
ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ military exploits ⓘ |
| occupation |
bodyguard
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| origin | Kabzeel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief army commander under Solomon
ⓘ
commander of David’s bodyguard ⓘ commander of the army of Israel ⓘ leader of the Cherethites and Pelethites ⓘ |
| predecessorAsArmyCommander | Joab NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankAmongMightyMen | more honored than the Thirty but not equal to the Three ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
King David
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Solomon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | Solomon’s accession to the throne ⓘ |
| weaponUsedAgainstEgyptian | Egyptian’s own spear ⓘ |
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: Benaiah Description of subject: Benaiah was a prominent Israelite warrior and commander under King David and King Solomon, renowned for his bravery and loyalty in biblical accounts.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nathan
this entity surface form:
Benaiah son of Jehoiada
this entity surface form:
Benaiah son of Jehoiada
this entity surface form:
Benaiah son of Jehoiada