Thy silver and thy gold [is] mine; thy wives also and thy children, [even] the goodliest, [are] mine.
Ver. 3. Thy silver and thy gold is mine.] Non iure, sed imperio; not by any right that Benbadad had to it, but because he was at this time mightier than Ahab, and able, as he thought, to over power him. Thus a great dog worrieth a less, only because he is bigger and stronger.
“ Sic cedit viribus aequum. ”