Eliland attended the assembly of the commanders of the Second Crusade at Acre on 24 June 1148. The commanders decided to attack Damascus. The siege of Damascus began on 23 July, but four days later the crusaders abandoned the siege and returned to the kingdom. According to gossips which had started to spread among the crusaders during the siege, Mu'in ad-Din Unur, the ruler of Damascus, bribed Elinand. Shortly thereafter, Elinand either died, or forfeited Galilee.