Bible Dictionaries
Remaliah
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.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Remaliah'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/r/remaliah.html. 1949.