REMALIAH

rem-a-li'-a (remalyahu, "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.

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