Shephatiah
E115726
Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shephatiah canonical | 4 |
| Shammua | 1 |
| Shephatiah son of David | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T935060 — 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: Shephatiah Context triple: [Abital, hasChild, Shephatiah]
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A.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
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B.
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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C.
Abinadab
Abinadab is a son of King Saul mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for dying alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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D.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
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E.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
- 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: Shephatiah Target entity description: Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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A.
Shealtiel
Shealtiel is a biblical figure known primarily as a descendant of King Jehoiachin and an ancestor of Zerubbabel in the Davidic royal line.
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B.
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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C.
Abinadab
Abinadab is a son of King Saul mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for dying alongside his father in battle against the Philistines.
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D.
Keturah
Keturah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible known as a later wife or concubine of Abraham, through whom several Arabian tribes are traditionally traced.
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E.
Shadrack
Shadrack is a traumatized World War I veteran in Toni Morrison’s novel *Sula* who founds the ritual of National Suicide Day and embodies the community’s fears and marginalization.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
Person ⓘ Son of David ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Hebron ⓘ |
| birthOrder | fifth son of David ⓘ |
| bornIn | Hebron ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Israelite ⓘ |
| dynasty |
House of David
ⓘ
linked to:
King Davidic dynasty
|
| father |
David
ⓘ
King David ⓘ |
| gender | Male ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| meaningOfName | Yahweh has judged ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
1 Chronicles
ⓘ
1 Chronicles 3:3 ⓘ 2 Samuel ⓘ 2 Samuel 3:4 ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| mother | Abital ⓘ |
| nameVariant |
Shephatiah son of David
ⓘ
linked to:
Shephatiah
|
| notableRelative |
Absalom
ⓘ
Bathsheba ⓘ Solomon ⓘ
linked to:
King Solomon
|
| religiousTextContext |
Books of Chronicles
ⓘ
Books of Samuel ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Absalom
ⓘ
Adonijah ⓘ Amnon ⓘ Chileab ⓘ Nathan ⓘ Shimea ⓘ Shobab ⓘ Solomon ⓘ
linked to:
King Solomon
|
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Monarchy period in ancient Israel ⓘ |
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: Shephatiah Description of subject: Shephatiah is one of the sons of King David mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.