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Tyre, however, now began to suffer like Gebal in consequence of the alliance between Zimridi and Ebed-Asherah. Zemar eventually fell into the hands of Ebed-Asherah and his sons, its prefect Khayapa or Khaip being slain during the assault. Abimelech, the governor of Tyre, accuses Zimridi of having been the cause.
Provisions began to be scarce in Gebal, and the governor writes to Egypt for corn. Rib-Hadad now threatened the Pharaoh with deserting to his enemies if succour was not forth-coming immediately, and at the same time he appealed to Amon-apt and Khayapa, the Egyptian commissioners who had been sent to inquire into the condition of affairs in Canaan.