Remaliah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Remali'ah. (Protected By Jehovah). The father of Pekah, captain of Pekahiah; king of Israel, who slew his master, and usurped his throne.  2 Kings 15:25-37;  2 Kings 16:1;  2 Kings 16:5;  2 Chronicles 28:6;  Isaiah 7:1-9;  Isaiah 8:6. (B.C. 756).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Remaliah . The father of Pekah (  2 Kings 15:25 ff;   2 Kings 16:1; 2Ki 16:5 ,   2 Chronicles 28:6 ,   Isaiah 7:1 ff;   Isaiah 8:8 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Father of the usurper Pekah ( 2 Kings 15:25-37). Isaiah ( Isaiah 7:4-9) designates the usurper as "the son of Remaliah," to mark that, belonging to a family alien from David's, to whom alone God promised the kingdom, he cannot succeed against the heir of David.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

Father of Pekah, king of Israel, ( 2 Kings 15:25) If the word be a compound, and derived from Ram-am, it means exalted of the Lord. If otherwise, from Ramah, with the preposition Lamed, it may mean the reverse, namely, rejected of the Lord.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 15:25,27,30,32,37 Isaiah 7:1,4,5,9 8:6

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Father of Pekah who slew Pekahiah and reigned in his stead.  2 Kings 15:25-37 , etc.

Holman Bible Dictionary

 2 Kings 15:25 Isaiah 7:1

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Renmalyahu, רְמִלְיָהוּ , Protected Of Jehovah; Sept. ῾Ραμελίος or ῾Ρομελίος , v. r. ῾Ρομελία ) , the father of Pekah, king of Israel ( 2 Kings 15:25;  2 Kings 15:27;  2 Kings 15:30;  2 Kings 15:32;  2 Kings 15:37;  2 Kings 16:1;  2 Kings 16:5;  2 Chronicles 28:6), probably a man whose character was such as to make his name a reproach to his descendants ( Isaiah 7:4-5;  Isaiah 8:6). B.C. ante 756. (See Pekah).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

rem - a - lı̄´a ( רמליהוּ , remalyāhū , "whom Yahweh has adorned"): The father of Pekah (  2 Kings 15:25 ff;   Isaiah 7:4 ff;   Isaiah 8:6 ). The contemptuous allusion to Pekah as "the son of Remaliah" in  Isaiah 7:4 (similarly "the son of Kish,"   1 Samuel 10:11 ) may be a slur on Remaliah's humble origin.