<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Fulk ipapo akatarisana nemuvengi mutsva uye ane ngozi zvikuru: atabeg Zengi weMosul, uyo akanga atora Aleppo uye akanga atarisawo kuDhamasiko; kubatana kwenyika nhatu idzi kwaizova kurova kwakakomba kusimba riri kukura reJerusarema. Kupindira kwenguva pfupi muna 11371138 nemutongi weByzantine John II Comnenus, uyo aida kusimbisa hutongi hweumambo pamusoro penyika dzese dzevapanduki, haana kuita chinhu kumisa kutyisidzira kwaZengi; muna 1139 Damascus neJerusalem vakaziva kuomarara kwekutyisidzira kune ese ari maviri, uye mubatanidzwa wakapedzwa uyo wakamisa kufambira mberi kwaZengi. Fulk akashandisa nguva iyi kuvaka nhare dzakawanda, kubatanidza Ibelin neKerak. Pashure porufu rwavaviri Fulk naMambo John mutsaona dzokuvhima dzakaparadzana muna 1143, Zengi akapinda uye  <response>: vakakunda Edessa muna 1144. Mambokadzi Melisende, zvino mutongi womwanakomana wake mukuru Baldwin III, akagadza mupurisa mutsva, Manasses weHierges, kuti atungamirire hondo pashure porufu rwaFulk, asi Edessa haigoni kutorwazve, pasinei nokupondwa kwaZengi pachake muna 1146. Kuwa kweEdessa kwakakatyamadza Europe, uye Hondo yeChipiyaniso yeChipiri yakasvika muna 1148. 