Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(son of affliction). (1) Son of Solomon’s commissary in Jezreel (1 Kings 4:12). (2) Father of Zadok (Neh. 3:4).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Solomon’s commissariat officer in Jezreel and the north of the Jordan valley (1 Kings 4:12).
2. Father of Zadok who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:4).
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
in the affliction