MALCHI-SHUA

mal-ki-shoo'-a (malkishua`, "my king saves"): One of the sons of Saul (1 Samuel 14:49; 31:2, the King James Version "Melchishua"; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39). He was slain by the Philistines with his brothers at the battle of Gilboa (1 Chronicles 10:2; 1 Samuel 31:2).

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