KOLAIAH

ko-la'-ya, ko-li'-a (qolayah, "voice of Yah"):

(1) A Benjamite, son of Maaseiah (Nehemiah 11:7).

(2) Father of Ahab, a false prophet and a lecherous man (Jeremiah 29:21-23).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.