<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: UFulk wabe esebhekene nesitha esisha futhi esiyingozi kakhulu: u-atabeg Zengi waseMosul, owayesezithathele i-Aleppo futhi esebeke iso lakhe naseDamaseku; ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zizwe ezintathu bekuzoba yisishayo esibi emandleni akhulayo aseJerusalema. Ukungenelela okufushane ngo-1137-1138 kombusi waseByzantium uJohn II Comnenus, owayefuna ukuqinisekisa ubukhosi bobukhosi phezu kwazo zonke izifundazwe zama-crusader, akenzanga lutho ukumisa usongo lukaZengi; ngo-1139 iDamaseku neJerusalema baqaphela ubukhulu besongo kuzo zombili izifundazwe, futhi kwavunyelwana ngesivumelwano esamisa ukuqhubekela phambili kukaZengi. UFulk wasebenzisa lesi sikhathi ukwakha izinqaba eziningi, kuhlanganise ne-Ibelin ne-Kerak. Ngemva kokufa kukaFulk noMbusi uJohn ezingozini zokuzingela ezahlukene ngo-1143, amaZengi ahlasela futhi  <response>: wanqoba i-Edessa ngo-1144. INdlovukazi uMelisende, manje owayengumbusi wendodana yakhe endala uBaldwin III, wamisa umphathi omusha, uManasse waseHierges, ukuba ahole ibutho ngemuva kokufa kukaFulk, kodwa i-Edessa ayikwazanga ukuthathwa kabusha, naphezu kokubulawa kukaZengi uqobo ngo-1146. Ukuwa kwe-Edessa kwashaqisa iYurophu, futhi ngo-1148 kwaqala iMpi Yezinhlangano Zenkolo Yesibili. 