King Jehoiachin of Judah

E11361

Biblical figure Human King of Judah Monarch

King Jehoiachin of Judah was a young monarch of the Kingdom of Judah who was deposed and taken captive to Babylon, becoming a notable figure in the history of the Babylonian exile.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Jehoiachin	18
King Jehoiachin of Judah canonical	2
Jeconiah	1
Jehoiachin of Judah	1
King Jehoiachin	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T113344 — 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: King Jehoiachin of Judah
Context triple: [Babylonian exile, hasParticipant, King Jehoiachin of Judah]

A. Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
B. Joseph
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
C. King Solomon
King Solomon is a biblical king of ancient Israel renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
D. Romulus Augustulus
Romulus Augustulus was the last de facto Western Roman emperor, whose deposition in 476 AD traditionally marks the end of the Western Roman Empire.
E. Johan
Johan is the given first name of J. Erik Jonsson, an American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Texas Instruments and served as mayor of Dallas.
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: King Jehoiachin of Judah
Target entity description: King Jehoiachin of Judah was a young monarch of the Kingdom of Judah who was deposed and taken captive to Babylon, becoming a notable figure in the history of the Babylonian exile.

A. Joseph
Joseph is the first name of J. C. R. Licklider, a pioneering computer scientist often regarded as a key figure in the development of the internet and interactive computing.
B. Joseph
Joseph is the husband of Mary in the New Testament and the earthly guardian of Jesus, venerated in Christianity as a model of humility, obedience, and fatherhood.
C. King Solomon
King Solomon is a biblical king of ancient Israel renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
D. Romulus Augustulus
Romulus Augustulus was the last de facto Western Roman emperor, whose deposition in 476 AD traditionally marks the end of the Western Roman Empire.
E. Johan
Johan is the given first name of J. Erik Jonsson, an American businessman and philanthropist who co-founded Texas Instruments and served as mayor of Dallas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Biblical figure ⓘ Human ⓘ King of Judah ⓘ Monarch ⓘ
ageAtStartOfReign	18 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Coniah ⓘ Evil-merodach ⓘ linked to: Amel-Marduk Jeconiah ⓘ linked to: King Jehoiachin of Judah Jekonias ⓘ Yekonyah ⓘ
birthPlace	Jerusalem ⓘ
burialPlace	Babylon (traditional assumption, exact site unknown) ⓘ linked to: Babylon
capturedBy	Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
child	Pedaiah ⓘ Shealtiel ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 616 BCE ⓘ
dateOfDeath	after 561 BCE ⓘ
deposedBy	Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
durationOfReign	about 3 months ⓘ
endTime	reign ended circa 597 BCE ⓘ
event	First deportation of Judeans to Babylon ⓘ release from prison in the 37th year of his exile ⓘ
father	Elnathan of Jerusalem ⓘ Jehoiakim ⓘ
houseOrDynasty	House of David ⓘ linked to: King Davidic dynasty
imprisonedIn	Babylon ⓘ
laterStatus	given a seat of honor above other captive kings in Babylon ⓘ
lengthOfImprisonment	about 37 years ⓘ
mentionedIn	1 Esdras ⓘ 2 Chronicles 36 ⓘ 2 Kings 24 ⓘ 2 Kings 25 ⓘ linked to: Books of Kings Ezekiel 1 ⓘ Jeremiah 22 ⓘ Jeremiah 24 ⓘ Jeremiah 29 ⓘ Jeremiah 52 ⓘ Matthew 1 ⓘ
mother	Nehushta ⓘ
notableFor	being exiled to Babylon ⓘ role in the Babylonian exile ⓘ
partOf	Davidic line of kings ⓘ linked to: King Davidic dynasty
placeOfDeath	Babylon ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Judah ⓘ
predecessor	Jehoiakim ⓘ
reignedOver	Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
releasedBy	Amel-Marduk ⓘ
religion	Yahwism ⓘ
significance	appears in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
spouse	Unknown wife (name not preserved in Bible) ⓘ
startTime	reign began circa 598 BCE ⓘ
successor	Zedekiah ⓘ linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah
takenTo	Babylon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Babylonian exile → hasParticipant → King Jehoiachin of Judah ⓘ

Zedekiah → sibling → Jehoiachin ⓘ

subject linked to: King Zedekiah of Judah