[2] Hammurabi I appointed Yarim-Lim as the governor of a district in the north with Irridu was the main city.

Zitraddu, governor of Irridu, rebelled against Yamhad which caused Abba-El I to destroy the city.

[4] As compensation, Abba-El signed a treaty with his brother that gave Yarim-Lim the city of Alalakh as a hereditary kingdom under the suzerainty of Aleppo.

The number of the Kings of Alalakh is a highly debated subject, and Na'aman's theory is supported by several other scholars, such as Dominique Collon and Erno Gaál.

However no evidence has been found to prove the existence of a second Yarim-Lim and several other scholars have rejected this theory, including Horst Klengel and Marlies Heinz.