entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_AMM_MILKOM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"1 Kings 11:5,33: ""Milkom the abomination of the Ammonites"" — Solomon's cultic concession. 2 Kings 23:13: Josiah's abolition. Jeremiah 49:1,3: ""Milkom will go into exile, his priests and officials together."" Zephaniah 1:5: condemnation of those who swear oaths by Milkom. Attested across Deuteronomistic History, Jeremiah, and Zephaniah independently."
ENT_CHR_BEHEMOTH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Job 40:15-24.
ENT_CHR_GOG_AND_MAGOG,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Gog of the land of Magog (Ezekiel 38-39), reinterpreted in Revelation 20:8 as 'Gog and Magog,' the nations gathered by Satan after the millennium for the final assault before their destruction by fire; modeled as a single paired eschatological entity."
ENT_CHR_LEVIATHAN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Job 41; Isaiah 27:1.
ENT_CHR_LUCIFER,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"Isaiah 14:12 (Helel ben Shachar, rendered ""Lucifer"" in the Vulgate)."
ENT_ISR_AARON,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Brother of Moses and Miriam, spokesman before Pharaoh, and the first high priest of Israel."
ENT_ISR_ABEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Second son of Adam and Eve, a keeper of sheep whose offering was favored and who was slain by his brother Cain."
ENT_ISR_ABIJAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Rehoboam who warred against Jeroboam I and won at Mount Zemaraim, reigning three years."
ENT_ISR_ABRAHAM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"First of the patriarchs, called from Ur, recipient of the covenant, father of Ishmael by Hagar and Isaac by Sarah."
ENT_ISR_ABSALOM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Handsome son of David who rose in rebellion to seize the throne and was killed by Joab after his hair caught in an oak.
ENT_ISR_ADAM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"Genesis 1:26-27 (tselem elohim; P source); Genesis 2:7-3:24 (formation from 'adamah, garden of Eden, the fall; J source); Genesis 5:1-5 (genealogy, 930 years)"
ENT_ISR_AHAB,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Omri and king of Israel who, married to Jezebel, promoted the worship of Baal and was repeatedly opposed by the prophet Elijah."
ENT_ISR_AHAZ,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,King of Judah condemned for idolatry who sought Assyrian protection against Aram and Israel during the Syro-Ephraimite war.
ENT_ISR_AHAZIAH_ISRAEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Ahab who reigned two years, served Baal, and after falling through a lattice consulted Baal-zebub and died as Elijah foretold."
ENT_ISR_AHAZIAH_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Jehoram and Athaliah who reigned one year and was killed by Jehu during his revolt.
ENT_ISR_AMAZIAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Joash who defeated Edom but was beaten and captured by Jehoash of Israel and later killed in a conspiracy at Lachish.
ENT_ISR_AMON_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Manasseh who continued his father's idolatry and was assassinated by his servants after two years.
ENT_ISR_AMOS,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"A mid-8th-century BCE Judahite shepherd who prophesied against the northern kingdom, condemning injustice and empty worship."
ENT_ISR_ANCIENT_OF_DAYS,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"Daniel 7:9-10, 22: the Ancient of Days enthroned, before whom the books are opened."
ENT_ISR_ANGEL_OF_DEATH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Exodus 12:23 (the Destroyer); 2 Samuel 24:15-16; 2 Kings 19:35 (the destroying angel).
ENT_ISR_ASA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"King of Judah praised for removing idols and reforming worship, who relied on an alliance with Aram against the northern kingdom."
ENT_ISR_ATHALIAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Daughter of Ahab/Jezebel who seized Judah's throne after Ahaziah's death and slaughtered the royal heirs, ruling six years until executed by Jehoiada."
ENT_ISR_BAASHA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Founder of his own house who seized the throne by killing Nadab, warred against Asa, and was condemned by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani."
ENT_ISR_BALAAM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Mesopotamian seer hired by Balak of Moab to curse Israel who, restrained by Yahweh and his speaking donkey, blessed them instead."
ENT_ISR_BATHSHEBA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Wife of David, taken after the death of Uriah, and mother of King Solomon."
ENT_ISR_BEHEMOTH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Job 40:15-24.
ENT_ISR_BELIAL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Deuteronomy 13:13; 1 Samuel 2:12; Psalm 18:4 (the worthlessness/wickedness of Belial).
ENT_ISR_BENE_ELOHIM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Genesis 6:1-4; Job 1:6; 2:1; 38:7 (the sons of God / divine council).
ENT_ISR_BENJAMIN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Youngest son of Jacob and Rachel, born at her death, ancestor of the tribe of Benjamin and of King Saul."
ENT_ISR_BOAZ,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Wealthy Bethlehemite who acted as kinsman-redeemer, married Ruth, and became the great-grandfather of King David."
ENT_ISR_CAIN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Firstborn son of Adam and Eve, a tiller of the ground who murdered his brother Abel and was marked and exiled."
ENT_ISR_CALEB,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"One of the twelve spies who, with Joshua, trusted in Yahweh and was rewarded with the inheritance of Hebron."
ENT_ISR_CYRUS,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Persian king who conquered Babylon and issued the decree permitting the exiles to return and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem.
ENT_ISR_DANIEL_PROPHET,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A Judahite exile at the Babylonian and Persian courts whose faithfulness and apocalyptic visions affirm God's rule over the kingdoms of the world.
ENT_ISR_DAVID,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Shepherd anointed by Samuel who slew Goliath, became king over all Israel, and received the everlasting dynastic covenant."
ENT_ISR_DEBORAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Prophetess and judge who summoned Barak and celebrated the defeat of Sisera in the Song of Deborah.
ENT_ISR_DELILAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Woman of the Valley of Sorek who, bribed by the Philistine lords, coaxed from Samson the secret of his strength and betrayed him."
ENT_ISR_ELAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Baasha who reigned two years and was murdered while drunk by his chariot commander Zimri.
ENT_ISR_ELIJAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"1 Kings 17-19 (drought, ravens, Zarephath widow, Mt. Carmel, Horeb theophany); 1 Kings 21 (Naboth's vineyard); 2 Kings 1-2 (ascent in the fiery chariot without dying); Malachi 4:5 (eschatological return prophecy)"
ENT_ISR_ELISHA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"A 9th-century BCE prophet of the northern kingdom who succeeded Elijah, receiving a double portion of his spirit and performing many miracles."
ENT_ISR_ESTHER,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Jewish queen of Persia who risked her life before Ahasuerus to save her people, commemorated at Purim."
ENT_ISR_EVE,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Formed as the first woman and 'mother of all living,' she eats the forbidden fruit and bears Cain, Abel, and Seth."
ENT_ISR_EZEKIEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"A 6th-century BCE priest-prophet among the Babylonian exiles whose visions of the chariot, dry bones, and a restored temple promise renewal."
ENT_ISR_EZRA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Priest and scribe who led returning exiles and re-established the Torah in restored Jerusalem.
ENT_ISR_GIDEON,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Judge who, with three hundred men, delivered Israel from the Midianites after testing Yahweh with the fleece."
ENT_ISR_GOLIATH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Philistine giant of Gath whose challenge to Israel was answered and ended by the young David with a sling and stone.
ENT_ISR_HABAKKUK,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A late 7th-century BCE prophet who questioned God about the Babylonian threat and concluded that the righteous shall live by their faith.
ENT_ISR_HAGAR,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Egyptian servant of Sarah who bore Abraham's son Ishmael and was met by the angel of Yahweh in the wilderness.
ENT_ISR_HAGGAI,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A post-exilic prophet of 520 BCE who urged the returned exiles to rebuild the Jerusalem temple and promised future glory.
ENT_ISR_HEZEKIAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Reforming king of Judah who centralized worship, withstood the Assyrian siege of Jerusalem, and was granted fifteen added years of life."
ENT_ISR_HOSEA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,An 8th-century BCE prophet to the northern kingdom whose troubled marriage dramatizes Israel's faithlessness and God's enduring covenant love.
ENT_ISR_HOSHEA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Final northern king who killed Pekah, became an Assyrian vassal but conspired with Egypt, and was imprisoned as Samaria fell and Israel was deported in 722 BCE."
ENT_ISR_ISAAC,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Abraham and Sarah, bound on Mount Moriah, husband of Rebecca, and father of Esau and Jacob."
ENT_ISR_ISAIAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"An 8th-century BCE Judahite prophet whose oracles warn of judgment yet promise a remnant, a Davidic messiah, and a restored Zion."
ENT_ISR_ISHMAEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Firstborn son of Abraham by Hagar, ancestor of twelve princes, who dwelt in the wilderness of Paran."
ENT_ISR_JACOB,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Isaac and Rebecca, renamed Israel after wrestling at Peniel, father of the twelve sons who became the tribes of Israel."
ENT_ISR_JEHOAHAZ_ISRAEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Jehu whose reign saw Israel ground down by Hazael of Aram until only a remnant army remained.
ENT_ISR_JEHOAHAZ_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Josiah (Shallum) who reigned three months before Pharaoh Necho deposed him and carried him to Egypt, where he died."
ENT_ISR_JEHOASH_ISRAEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Jehoahaz (Joash) who recovered cities from Aram per Elisha's deathbed prophecy and defeated Amaziah of Judah.
ENT_ISR_JEHOIACHIN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Jehoiakim who reigned three months before surrendering in the 597 BCE deportation, later released from prison by Evil-merodach."
ENT_ISR_JEHOIAKIM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Josiah installed by Necho who became Nebuchadnezzar's vassal, rebelled, burned Jeremiah's scroll, and died as Babylon advanced."
ENT_ISR_JEHORAM_ISRAEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Ahab (Joram) who fought Moab and Aram and was killed by Jehu during his coup, ending the Omride dynasty."
ENT_ISR_JEHORAM_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Jehoshaphat who married Athaliah, killed his brothers, lost Edom in revolt, and died of an incurable disease."
ENT_ISR_JEHOSHAPHAT,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,King of Judah remembered for instituting judges and Levitical teaching and for his ill-fated alliance with Ahab of Israel.
ENT_ISR_JEHU,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Northern king anointed at Elisha's direction who overthrew the house of Omri, killed Jezebel, and exterminated the worship of Baal in Israel."
ENT_ISR_JEREMIAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A late 7th- to early 6th-century BCE prophet who foretold Jerusalem's fall to Babylon and proclaimed a coming new covenant written on the heart.
ENT_ISR_JEROBOAM_I,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"First king of the breakaway northern Kingdom of Israel, who set up golden calves at Dan and Bethel and became the archetype of sinful kingship."
ENT_ISR_JEROBOAM_II,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Long-reigning northern king under whom Israel reached its greatest extent, the setting for the prophets Amos and Hosea."
ENT_ISR_JEZEBEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Phoenician wife of Ahab who promoted Baal worship, persecuted Yahweh's prophets, and engineered the death of Naboth before her own violent end."
ENT_ISR_JOASH_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Hidden as an infant from Athaliah and enthroned at seven by the priest Jehoiada; repaired the Temple but later apostatized and was assassinated.
ENT_ISR_JOB,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A blameless man of Uz whose endurance of catastrophic suffering frames the book's debate on divine justice.
ENT_ISR_JOEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A prophet of Judah who reads a devastating locust plague as a sign of the coming Day of the Lord and promises an outpouring of God's Spirit.
ENT_ISR_JONAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"A reluctant prophet, swallowed by a great fish, whose mission to Nineveh reveals God's compassion even toward Israel's enemies."
ENT_ISR_JONATHAN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Eldest son of Saul, a brave warrior bound to David in covenant friendship, who fell with his father at the battle of Mount Gilboa."
ENT_ISR_JOSEPH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Favored son of Jacob and Rachel, sold into Egypt, who rose to vizier and preserved his family during famine."
ENT_ISR_JOSHUA,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Successor of Moses who led Israel across the Jordan and in the conquest of Canaan, dividing the land among the tribes."
ENT_ISR_JOSIAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Reforming king of Judah who, on the discovery of the book of the law, purged idolatry and renewed the covenant before dying at Megiddo."
ENT_ISR_JOTHAM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Uzziah who served as regent during his father's leprosy, built the Upper Gate of the Temple, and is judged generally righteous."
ENT_ISR_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Fourth son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the royal Davidic line, blessed that the scepter would not depart."
ENT_ISR_JUDGES,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,The charismatic deliverers who led the tribes of Israel in the period before the monarchy.
ENT_ISR_KINGS,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"The three successive kings of the united Israelite kingdom — Saul, David, and Solomon — before its division."
ENT_ISR_KINGS_ISRAEL,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"The succession of kings, across several dynasties, who ruled the breakaway northern Kingdom of Israel until its fall to Assyria."
ENT_ISR_KINGS_JUDAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,The succession of Davidic kings who ruled the southern Kingdom of Judah from the division of the monarchy until the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem.
ENT_ISR_LATTER_PROPHETS,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"The prophetic canon division comprising the three Major Prophets and the Book of the Twelve, spanning the Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian periods."
ENT_ISR_LEAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"First wife of Jacob and mother of six of his sons, including Levi and Judah, ancestors of priesthood and kingship."
ENT_ISR_LEVI,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Third son of Jacob and Leah and ancestor of the priestly tribe of Levi, including Moses and Aaron."
ENT_ISR_LEVIATHAN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,Job 41; Psalm 74:14; Psalm 104:26; Isaiah 27:1.
ENT_ISR_LOT,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Nephew of Abraham (son of Haran) who settled in Sodom and was delivered from its destruction (Genesis 13, 19)."
ENT_ISR_MALACHI,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"The last of the Twelve, a 5th-century BCE prophet who rebuked unfaithfulness and announced a coming messenger before the Day of the Lord."
ENT_ISR_MANASSEH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Longest-reigning king of Judah, condemned for grievous idolatry, whom Chronicles portrays as repenting after Assyrian captivity."
ENT_ISR_MATRIARCHS,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"The four foremothers of Israel — Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah — mothers of the covenant line."
ENT_ISR_MENAHEM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Son of Gadi who seized power by killing Shallum, sacked Tiphsah, and paid tribute to Pul (Tiglath-pileser III) of Assyria."
ENT_ISR_MICAH,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"An 8th-century BCE contemporary of Isaiah who called Israel to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God."
ENT_ISR_MIRIAM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Sister of Moses and Aaron, called a prophetess, who led the women in song after the crossing of the sea."
ENT_ISR_MORDECAI,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Kinsman and guardian of Esther who uncovered a plot, refused homage to Haman, and helped establish Purim."
ENT_ISR_MOSES,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,direct attestation,"Exodus 2:1-15 (birth and early life); Exodus 3-4 (burning bush, commission); Exodus 7-14 (plagues and exodus); Exodus 19-20, 24, 34 (Sinai covenant and Torah); Numbers 12:6-8 (prophetic uniqueness); Deuteronomy 34 (death on Nebo; no burial place known)"
ENT_ISR_NAAMAN,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Commander of the army of Aram, cured of leprosy by washing seven times in the Jordan at the word of the prophet Elisha."
ENT_ISR_NADAB,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,Son of Jeroboam I who reigned two years before Baasha assassinated him at Gibbethon and wiped out his father's dynasty.
ENT_ISR_NAHUM,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,A 7th-century BCE prophet who proclaimed the impending fall of Nineveh as God's judgment on a cruel empire.
ENT_ISR_NAOMI,SRC_HEBREW_BIBLE,primary text attestation,"Bethlehemite widow who returned from Moab with her daughter-in-law Ruth and was restored through the birth of Obed, ancestor of David."