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Malchishua

son of Saul

Son of King Saul who died alongside his father and brothers in the battle against the Philistines at Mount Gilboa.

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Malchishua was one of the four sons of King Saul by his wife , listed alongside , Abinadab (also called Ishui), and Ish-bosheth in 1 14. He fell alongside his father and brothers Jonathan and Abinadab in the disastrous battle against the Philistines at Mount , a defeat that effectively ended Saul's dynasty. The account in 1 Samuel 31 and 1 Chronicles 10 records that the Philistines pursued and killed Saul's sons, and Malchishua is explicitly named among those who died.

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