Jehosheba and Jehoiada rescued Athaliah's one-year-old grandson, Joash, from Athaliah's slaughter. For six years, they hid the sole surviving heir to the throne within Solomon's Temple. Jehoiada was instrumental in the staging of a coup d'état which dethroned and killed Athaliah. The account in 2 Chronicles notes the resolve of Jehoiada ("Jehoiada strengthened himself" in the King James Version, "Jehoiada took courage" in the English Standard Version, words which do not occur in the parallel passage of ). Athaliah described the coup as an act of treason ().