Pekah
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Pekah was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, known for his reign during a period of political instability and conflict with Assyria.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pekah canonical | 2 |
| Pekah son of Remaliah | 2 |
| Pekah of Israel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3718914 — 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: Pekah Context triple: [Hoshea, predecessor, Pekah]
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A.
Vaballathus
Vaballathus was a 3rd-century Palmyrene prince and briefly recognized Roman imperial claimant who ruled alongside his mother Zenobia during the Palmyrene Empire’s expansion before being defeated by Emperor Aurelian.
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B.
Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his religious reforms, resistance to Assyrian invasion, and reliance on prophetic counsel.
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C.
Yehoyaqim
Yehoyaqim is a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his reign during the late 7th to early 6th century BCE amid rising Babylonian power.
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D.
Manasseh
Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
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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: Pekah Target entity description: Pekah was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, known for his reign during a period of political instability and conflict with Assyria.
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A.
Vaballathus
Vaballathus was a 3rd-century Palmyrene prince and briefly recognized Roman imperial claimant who ruled alongside his mother Zenobia during the Palmyrene Empire’s expansion before being defeated by Emperor Aurelian.
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B.
Hezekiah
Hezekiah was a king of Judah in the Hebrew Bible, remembered for his religious reforms, resistance to Assyrian invasion, and reliance on prophetic counsel.
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C.
Yehoyaqim
Yehoyaqim is a king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his reign during the late 7th to early 6th century BCE amid rising Babylonian power.
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D.
Manasseh
Manasseh is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Joseph’s son Manasseh and associated with territory on both sides of the Jordan River.
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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 (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Biblical figure
ⓘ
King of Israel ⓘ Person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ |
| accessionType | coup d'état ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Rezin of Aram-Damascus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Pekah son of Remaliah
ⓘ
linked to:
Pekah
|
| associatedWithTribe |
Ephraim (traditional association)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ephraim
|
| cameToPowerBy | assassination of Pekahiah ⓘ |
| capital | Samaria ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Assyria
ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ |
| contemporaryWith |
Ahaz of Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahaz
Jotham of Judah ⓘ Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria ⓘ
linked to:
Tiglath-Pileser III
|
| country |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
|
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| enemyOf |
Ahaz of Judah
ⓘ
linked to:
Ahaz
Kingdom of Judah ⓘ |
| era | Iron Age Levant ⓘ |
| father | Remaliah ⓘ |
| floruitCentury | 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| governanceContext | vassalage pressure from Assyria ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | partly corroborated by Assyrian records ⓘ |
| killedBy | Hoshea ⓘ |
| knownFor |
involvement in the Syro-Ephraimite War
ⓘ
reign during political instability ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew (biblical context) ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of 2 Kings
ⓘ
Book of Isaiah ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| name | Pekah ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Syro-Ephraimite War ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Samaria ⓘ |
| policy | anti-Assyrian coalition ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
King of the northern Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
King of Israel
|
| predecessor | Pekahiah ⓘ |
| region | Ancient Israel ⓘ |
| reignOver |
Kingdom of Israel
ⓘ
linked to:
Northern Kingdom of Israel
Northern Kingdom of Israel ⓘ |
| religion | Yahwism ⓘ |
| resultOfAssyrianCampaign |
deportation of Israelites
ⓘ
loss of Galilean territories ⓘ |
| sourceType | biblical narrative ⓘ |
| successor | Hoshea ⓘ |
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: Pekah Description of subject: Pekah was a king of the northern Kingdom of Israel in the 8th century BCE, known for his reign during a period of political instability and conflict with Assyria.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Pekah
linked to: Pekah
linked to: Pekah