📌Remaliah

Person

Father of Pekah, king of Northern Israel.

2 Kings 15:25But Pekah son of Remaliah, an officer of Pekah, conspired against him. With fifty men from Gilead, he assassinated Pekah and Argob and Arie in the citadel of the royal palace in Samaria. So Pekah reigned in his place.

Recorded as Remaliah in the Book of Isaiah.

Isaiah 7:1When Ahaz son of Jotham), the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin) of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, the king of Israel, marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it.
Isaiah 7:4Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stumps of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin) and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.’

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