[1] Yarim-Lim ascended the throne at a time of internal disintegration for Yamhad, combined with foreign threats represented with the rise of the Hittites.
[1] Yarim-Lim fought and won against Qatna in his early years,[2] but Yamhad's weakness was clear.
He attacked Alalakh in the second year of his Syrian campaigns and conquered it, cutting Aleppo's route to the sea.
[7] The Hurrians supported by Yarim-Lim attacked Hattusili's newly acquired lands while he was campaigning against Arzawa.
[12] The date of Yarim-Lim's death is not known, but he died and was succeeded by Hammurabi III[13] his possible son or cousin,[14] before Hattusili's direct attack on the city of Aleppo which ended in his defeat.