When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,

我在父亲面前为孝子，在母亲眼中为独一的娇儿。

当我在父亲面前还是小孩，是母亲独一娇儿的时候，

当我在父亲面前还是小孩，是母亲独一娇儿的时候，

我年幼时在父亲身边，是母亲唯一的宠儿。

我在我父亲面前还是小孩子，在我母亲面前是独一的娇儿的时候，

当我在父亲身边还是个孩子，在母亲面前是幼嫩的独生子时，

我在父親面前為孝子，在母親眼中為獨一的嬌兒。

當我在父親面前還是小孩，是母親獨一嬌兒的時候，

當我在父親面前還是小孩，是母親獨一嬌兒的時候，

我年幼時在父親身邊，是母親唯一的寵兒。

我在我父親面前還是小孩子，在我母親面前是獨一的嬌兒的時候，

我做兒子在我父親身邊時、嬌嫩嫩，在我母親眼中獨一可愛；

當我在父親身邊還是個孩子，在母親面前是幼嫩的獨生子時，

昔我在父前為佳兒、我母視我幼稚、獨為可愛、

我昔幼稚、父母鍾愛、

我幼弱時、父愛我、母慈我、猶獨生之子、

For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother.

I, too, was once a young boy in my father’s house. And my mother loved me deeply.

When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,

For I, too, was once my father’s son, tenderly loved as my mother’s only child.

When I was a son with my father, tender and precious to my mother,

When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother,

When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,

For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

For I was my father’s son, tender and only[ beloved] in the sight of my mother.

When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother,

For I was a son to my father, tender and an only child in the sight of my mother.

David said,“ My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly great and famous and glorious in all the lands. Therefore, I must make provision for it.” So David made lavish preparations for it before his death.

Then King David said to all the assembly,“ My son Solomon— God has chosen him alone— is young and inexperienced. The task is great because the temple will not be for man but for the Lord God.

I know, Lord, that a man’s way of life is not his own; no one who walks determines his own steps.

“ Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for Him as one weeps for a firstborn.

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba; he went and slept with her. She gave birth to a son and named him Solomon. The Lord loved him,and He sent a message through Nathan the prophet, who named him Jedidiah, because of the Lord.

Go, approach King David and say to him,‘ My lord the king, did you not swear to your servant: Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne? So why has Adonijah become king?’At that moment, while you are still there speaking with the king, I’ll come in after you and confirm your words.”So Bathsheba went to the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.Bathsheba bowed down and paid homage to the king, and he asked,“ What do you want?”She replied,“ My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God,‘ Your son Solomon is to become king after me, and he is the one who is to sit on my throne.’

Be in agreement with one another. Do not be proud; instead, associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own estimation.

These sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. These four were born to him by Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel.