Acts of Uzziah

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The Acts of Uzziah is a lost text that may have been written by Isaiah, who was one of King Uzziah's contemporaries. The book is described in 2 Chronicles 26:22. The passage reads: "Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write."

This manuscript is sometimes called Second Isaiah or The Book by the prophet Isaiah.[ citation needed ]

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