MALCHISHUA măl’ kə shōō’ ə (מַלְכִּי־שׁ֑וּעַ, my king, i.e., God saves). The third son of Saul (1 Sam 14:49; KJV MELCHI-SHUA). His mother was Ahinoam. The Philistines killed him at the battle of Gilboa (1 Sam 31:2 [KJV MELCHI-SHUA]; 1 Chron 10:2).