Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.

Then the chiefs of Israel and the king made themselves low and said, The Lord is upright.

For he took away the altars of strange gods and the high places, and had the upright stones broken and the wood pillars cut down;

And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.