 Rib-Hadda was ultimately exiled—and probably not long afterwards killed—at the behest of Aziru.Rib-Hadda had left his city of Byblos for 4 months to conclude a treaty with the king of Beirut, Ammunira, but when he returned home, he learned that a palace coup led by his brother Ilirabih had unseated him from power.He temporarily sought refuge with Ammunira and unsuccessfully appealed for support from Egypt to restore him to the throne.