Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Aikin Filibus ya fara ne kawai bayan Fulk ya mutu kuma Melisende ya zama ainihin mai mulkin Urushalima. An fara ambatonsa a matsayin ubangijin Nablus a cikin 1144. A ƙarshen wannan shekarar, sarauniyar ta nada Philip tare da Elinand, Yariman Galili, da Manasses na Hierges, don jagorantar rundunar taimako zuwa Edessa, amma Imad ad-Din Zengi ya kama garin
A gabãnin su kusanci ta. A cikin shekaru da suka biyo baya, ya ci wasu ƙasashe, har da ƙasashen da ke kan tuddai kusa da Nablus da kuma Tyre. A cikin 1148, bayan isowar Crusade na Biyu, Philip ya halarci majalisar da aka gudanar a Acre, inda aka yi watsi da shi da sauran 'yan asalin ƙasar kuma an yanke shawarar da ba ta dace ba don kai hari kan Damascus.