Elon the Zebulunite
E466907
ancient Israelite
biblical figure
judge of Israel
member of the Tribe of Zebulun
minor judge of Israel
Elon the Zebulunite was a minor biblical judge of Israel from the tribe of Zebulun mentioned in the Book of Judges.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elon the Zebulunite canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4761057 — 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: Elon the Zebulunite Context triple: [Ibzan, successor, Elon the Zebulunite]
-
A.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
-
B.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
-
C.
Ethan the Ezrahite
Ethan the Ezrahite is a wise biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, traditionally credited with composing Psalm 89.
-
D.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
-
E.
Eli
Eli is a biblical high priest and judge of Israel known for mentoring the prophet Samuel and presiding over the sanctuary at Shiloh.
- 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: Elon the Zebulunite Target entity description: Elon the Zebulunite was a minor biblical judge of Israel from the tribe of Zebulun mentioned in the Book of Judges.
-
A.
Reuel
Reuel is a biblical figure identified as another name for Jethro, the Midianite priest and father-in-law of Moses.
-
B.
Reuel
Reuel is the middle name of famed English author and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien, used as part of his full name John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
-
C.
Ethan the Ezrahite
Ethan the Ezrahite is a wise biblical figure mentioned in the Old Testament, traditionally credited with composing Psalm 89.
-
D.
Bethuel
Bethuel is a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, known as the father of Laban and Rebekah and a descendant of Abraham’s family line.
-
E.
Eli
Eli is a biblical high priest and judge of Israel known for mentoring the prophet Samuel and presiding over the sanctuary at Shiloh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Israelite
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ judge of Israel ⓘ member of the Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ minor judge of Israel ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapter | Judges 12 ⓘ |
| biblicalBookChapterVerses | Judges 12:11–12 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Aijalon in the land of Zebulun ⓘ |
| category |
Book of Judges people
ⓘ
Judges of Israel ⓘ
linked to:
Judge of Israel
|
| durationOfJudgeship | 10 years ⓘ |
| epithet | the Zebulunite ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| governedEntity | Israel ⓘ |
| languageContext |
Biblical Hebrew
ⓘ
linked to:
Hebrew
|
| mentionedIn |
Book of Judges
ⓘ
linked to:
Judges
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
Old Testament ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
|
| name | Elon ⓘ |
| predecessor | Ibzan ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Israelite religion ⓘ |
| role | judge of Israel ⓘ |
| scripturalTradition |
Christian tradition
ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ |
| servedAs | judge over Israel ⓘ |
| sourceType | biblical narrative ⓘ |
| successor | Abdon son of Hillel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | period of the Judges ⓘ |
| tribe | Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ |
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: Elon the Zebulunite Description of subject: Elon the Zebulunite was a minor biblical judge of Israel from the tribe of Zebulun mentioned in the Book of Judges.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.