When I was a son to my father, tender and my mother’s favorite,
For I was my father's son, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba],
For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
For I, too, was the son of my father, tender and an only son in the sight of my mother.