MALCHI-SHUA.The third son of Saul (1Sa_14:49); slain by the Philistines at Mt. Gilboa (1Sa_31:2, 1Ch_10:2).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
mal-kı̄-shōō?a (מלכּישׁוּע, malkı̄shūa', ?my king saves?): One of the sons of Saul (1Sa_14:49; 1Sa_31:2, the King James Version ?Melchishua?; 1Ch_8:33; 1Ch_9:39). He was slain by the Philistines with his brothers at the battle of Gilboa (1Ch_10:2; 1Sa_31:2).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Malchi-shua
(Heb. Malki-Shlu'a, מִלְכַּיאּשׁוּע, king of help, twice as one word, מִלְכַּישׁוּעִ, 1Sa_14:49; 1Sa_31:2; where the Auth. Vers. Anglicizes Melchi-shua; Septuag. and Vulg. everywhere Μαλχισουέ, Melchisua), the second or third named of the four sons of king Saul (1Ch_8:33; 1Ch_9:39), apparently by Ahinoam (1Sa_14:49); he perished in the battle at Gilboa with his father (1Sa_31:2; 1Ch_10:2). B.C. 1053. In the fact that the name of Saul's eldest son was Jehovistic in form (Jehovah hath given), whereas no such peculiarity is found in the names of the other sons, some writers (e.g. Mr. F. Newman) have seen a trace of Saul's gradual apostasy. Josephus only mentions Malchishuah once, after his brothers (Μελχισός, Ant. 6:14, 7).'
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.