Manasseh, king of Judah

E143500

biblical figure king of Judah monarch

Manasseh, king of Judah, was a biblical monarch known for his long reign, notorious idolatry and later repentance as recounted in the Hebrew Bible.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Manasseh	8
Manasseh, king of Judah canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1247548 — 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: Manasseh, king of Judah
Context triple: [Prayer of Manasseh, attributedTo, Manasseh, king of Judah]

A. King of Judah
The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
B. Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his troubled reign under Egyptian and then Babylonian domination.
C. King Zedekiah of Judah
King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
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.
E. Jekonias
Jekonias is an alternate name for Jehoiachin, a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and 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: Manasseh, king of Judah
Target entity description: Manasseh, king of Judah, was a biblical monarch known for his long reign, notorious idolatry and later repentance as recounted in the Hebrew Bible.

A. King of Judah
The King of Judah was the monarchic ruler of the ancient southern Hebrew kingdom of Judah, centered in Jerusalem, during the period of the divided monarchy and subsequent vassalage to foreign empires.
B. Jehoiakim
Jehoiakim was a king of Judah in the late 7th and early 6th centuries BCE, known from the Hebrew Bible for his troubled reign under Egyptian and then Babylonian domination.
C. King Zedekiah of Judah
King Zedekiah of Judah was the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah, whose reign ended with Jerusalem’s destruction by Babylon and his own capture and deportation.
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.
E. Jekonias
Jekonias is an alternate name for Jehoiachin, a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ king of Judah ⓘ monarch ⓘ
accusedOf	child sacrifice ⓘ consulting mediums and spiritists ⓘ erecting altars to Baal ⓘ introducing foreign cults into Judah ⓘ making an Asherah pole ⓘ placing idols in the Temple of Jerusalem ⓘ practicing divination ⓘ rebuilding high places destroyed by Hezekiah ⓘ worshiping the host of heaven ⓘ
afterRepentance	commanded Judah to serve the LORD ⓘ removed altars from the Temple mount ⓘ removed foreign gods and idols from the Temple ⓘ restored the altar of the LORD ⓘ
associatedWith	Jerusalem ⓘ
blamedFor	causing Judah to sin ⓘ provoking the LORD to anger ⓘ shedding very much innocent blood ⓘ
burialPlace	garden of his own house ⓘ
capturedBy	Assyrians (according to 2 Chronicles) ⓘ linked to: Assyrians
consequence	divine judgment pronounced on Judah ⓘ
culturalContext	Ancient Israel and Judah ⓘ linked to: Ancient Israel
deathPlace	Jerusalem (traditionally) ⓘ linked to: Jerusalem
dynasty	House of David ⓘ linked to: King Davidic dynasty
era	Iron Age Levant ⓘ
father	Hezekiah, king of Judah ⓘ linked to: Hezekiah
givenName	Manasseh ⓘ linked to: Manasseh, king of Judah
knownFor	longest reign of any king of Judah ⓘ
languageContext	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	2 Chronicles ⓘ 2 Kings ⓘ linked to: Book of 2 Kings Book of Isaiah (traditionally associated) ⓘ linked to: Book of Isaiah Book of Jeremiah ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Bible
moralEvaluationIn2Kings	very evil in the sight of the LORD ⓘ
mother	Hephzibah ⓘ
notableFor	idolatry ⓘ later repentance ⓘ religious apostasy ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Judah ⓘ
prayedTo	God of his fathers ⓘ
predecessor	Hezekiah, king of Judah ⓘ linked to: Hezekiah
reignDuration	55 years ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 642 BCE ⓘ
reignOver	Kingdom of Judah ⓘ
reignStart	c. 697 BCE ⓘ
religion	Yahwism ⓘ
repentedIn	distress ⓘ
restoredTo	kingship in Jerusalem (according to 2 Chronicles) ⓘ
sourceTradition	Christian tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ
successor	Amon, king of Judah ⓘ
takenTo	Babylon (as prisoner, according to 2 Chronicles) ⓘ
theologicalRole	example of extreme sin and repentance ⓘ

How these facts were elicited