Ben-hadad of Aram
E467048
Ben-hadad of Aram was a king of Aram-Damascus mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his military conflicts with the Israelite kings.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ben-Hadad I of Aram-Damascus | 3 |
| Ben-Hadad I | 1 |
| Ben-Hadad II | 1 |
| Ben-Hadad II of Aram-Damascus | 1 |
| Ben-Hadad of Aram-Damascus | 1 |
| Ben-hadad of Aram canonical | 1 |
| Hadadezer of Aram-Damascus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4768177 — 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: Ben-hadad of Aram Context triple: [Ahab, opposedBy, Ben-hadad of Aram]
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A.
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim was an early 18th-century BCE Amorite king of Mari in Mesopotamia, known from extensive palace archives that illuminate the politics and society of his time.
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B.
Hattusili III
Hattusili III was a powerful Hittite king of the 13th century BCE, known for stabilizing the empire, relocating the capital to Hattusa, and concluding one of history’s earliest recorded peace treaties with Egypt.
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C.
King Omri
King Omri was a 9th-century BCE ruler of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for establishing a powerful dynasty and strengthening the kingdom’s political and economic position.
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D.
Mursili II
Mursili II was a powerful Hittite king of the late 14th century BCE who consolidated and expanded the empire through successful military campaigns and internal reforms.
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E.
Shamshi-Adad I
Shamshi-Adad I was an influential Old Assyrian king of Amorite origin who expanded Assyrian power across northern Mesopotamia in the early second millennium BCE.
- 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: Ben-hadad of Aram Target entity description: Ben-hadad of Aram was a king of Aram-Damascus mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his military conflicts with the Israelite kings.
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A.
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim was an early 18th-century BCE Amorite king of Mari in Mesopotamia, known from extensive palace archives that illuminate the politics and society of his time.
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B.
Hattusili III
Hattusili III was a powerful Hittite king of the 13th century BCE, known for stabilizing the empire, relocating the capital to Hattusa, and concluding one of history’s earliest recorded peace treaties with Egypt.
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C.
King Omri
King Omri was a 9th-century BCE ruler of the northern Kingdom of Israel known for establishing a powerful dynasty and strengthening the kingdom’s political and economic position.
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D.
Mursili II
Mursili II was a powerful Hittite king of the late 14th century BCE who consolidated and expanded the empire through successful military campaigns and internal reforms.
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E.
Shamshi-Adad I
Shamshi-Adad I was an influential Old Assyrian king of Amorite origin who expanded Assyrian power across northern Mesopotamia in the early second millennium BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
King of Aram-Damascus
ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ king ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Hadad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalContext | Deuteronomistic history NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Syrian monarchs
ⓘ
Aramean kings ⓘ Kings in the Books of Kings ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
King Ahab of Israel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
King Asa of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ King Ben-hadad’s unnamed Israelite opponents ⓘ King Jehoram of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Aram-Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Aramean ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelationsWith | King Asa of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
pitched battles with Israel
ⓘ
sieges ⓘ |
| era | Iron Age Levant ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Arameans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedTerritory | Damascus and its environs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameElement | Hadad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | semi-legendary ruler ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coalition warfare against Israel
ⓘ
siege of Samaria ⓘ wars with Israel ⓘ |
| language | Aramaic ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Books of Kings
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| militaryRole | commander ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | son of Hadad ⓘ |
| opponent |
King of Israel
ⓘ
King of Judah ⓘ |
| politicalEntity |
Aram
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Aram-Damascus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | monarch ⓘ |
| primarySources | biblical narrative ⓘ |
| region |
Ancient Near East
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Aramean religion ⓘ |
| roleInBible | foreign adversary of Israel ⓘ |
| sourceText |
1 Kings
ⓘ
2 Kings ⓘ |
| title | King of Aram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfConflict | interstate warfare ⓘ |
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: Ben-hadad of Aram Description of subject: Ben-hadad of Aram was a king of Aram-Damascus mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, known for his military conflicts with the Israelite kings.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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