Dictionary entry

Remaliah

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rem-a-li'-a (remalyahu, "whom Yahweh has adorned"): The father of Pekah (2Ki 15:25 ff;Isa 7:4 ff;8:6). The contemptuous allusion to Pekah as "the son of Remaliah" inIsa 7:4(similarly "the son of Kish,"1Sa 10:11) may be a slur on Remaliah's humble origin.