Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(son of affliction). (1) Co-murderer of Ish-bosheth, killed by David (2 Sam. 4:2-9). (2) Father of one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chron. 11:30). (3) (1 Kings 4:16); Baana (1 Kings 4:12). (4) One of the returned (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. Commissariat officer of Solomon in Asher (1 Kings 4:16).
2. Father of Heleb, or Heled, one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:29; 1 Chron. 11:30).
3. Captain of Ish-bosheth’s army, who, with his brother Rechab, murdered Ish-bosheth (2 Sam. 4:2-12).
4. One who returned with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:2; Neh. 7:7; Neh. 10:27).
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
in the affliction