Hoshea
E81593
Hoshea was the last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, whose reign ended with the Assyrian conquest and the kingdom’s destruction in the 8th century BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hoshea canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T651031 — 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: Hoshea Context triple: [Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel, hasParticipant, Hoshea]
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A.
Mattaniah
Mattaniah is the birth name of the last king of Judah, later renamed Zedekiah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
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B.
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader and governor of Judah under Persian rule who oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
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C.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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D.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
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E.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
- 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: Hoshea Target entity description: Hoshea was the last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, whose reign ended with the Assyrian conquest and the kingdom’s destruction in the 8th century BCE.
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A.
Mattaniah
Mattaniah is the birth name of the last king of Judah, later renamed Zedekiah by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
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B.
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel was a Jewish leader and governor of Judah under Persian rule who oversaw the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile.
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C.
Zimran
Zimran is a lesser-known biblical figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as one of Abraham's sons by his wife Keturah.
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D.
Josiah
Josiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh.
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E.
Heman the Ezrahite
Heman the Ezrahite is a biblical figure traditionally regarded as the wise author of Psalm 88 and noted for his exceptional wisdom in the Old Testament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ancient Israelite
ⓘ
Biblical figure ⓘ King of Israel ⓘ |
| accessionType | Came to the throne after conspiring against Pekah ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | End of the divided monarchy in the north ⓘ |
| biblicalReference |
Book of 2 Kings
ⓘ
surface form:
2 Kings 17
2 Kings 18:1–12 ⓘ |
| capital | Samaria ⓘ |
| capturedBy |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Empire
|
| causeOfDownfall |
Siege of Samaria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian siege of Samaria
Rebellion against Assyria ⓘ |
| contemporaryOf |
Sargon II
ⓘ
Shalmaneser V ⓘ |
| country |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Israel
|
| deathCause | Unknown (not specified in biblical text) ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Book of 2 Kings
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| ethnicGroup | Israelites ⓘ |
| event |
Assyrian conquest of the Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian conquest of the northern Kingdom of Israel
Fall of Samaria ⓘ |
| father | Elah (as named in the biblical text) ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| historicalRole | Final monarch before the end of the northern Israelite kingdom ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Rebelling against Assyrian overlordship
ⓘ
Seeking support from Egypt against Assyria ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew (historical context) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Associated with the fall and destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
Being the last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ His reign ending with the Assyrian conquest of Israel ⓘ |
| opponent |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Empire
Sargon II ⓘ Shalmaneser V ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
King of the northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| predecessor | Pekah ⓘ |
| region |
Levant region
ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| reignEnd |
8th century BCE
ⓘ
c. 722 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | c. 732 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| resultOfReign |
Deportation of many Israelites by Assyria
ⓘ
Destruction of the northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
Northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
House of Israel (non-Davidic northern dynasty)
|
| successor | None (monarchy abolished after Assyrian conquest) ⓘ |
| successorState | Assyrian province in former Israelite territory ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | King of Israel ⓘ |
| vassalOf |
Assyria
ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Empire
Shalmaneser V ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Hoshea Description of subject: Hoshea was the last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel, whose reign ended with the Assyrian conquest and the kingdom’s destruction in the 8th century BCE.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Elah