As Handel originally intended, and as this Work was first performed, "Israel" had as its first section a re-worked version of Handel's Anthem "The ways of Zion do mourn" (see " Zion"), which he'd written - as its secondary title says - for the funeral of Queen Caroline, wife of George I. The re-worked version described the defeat of the Jews and their transportation to Egypt, and the portions commonly sung as Parts 1 & 2 of "Israel" were then Parts 2 & 3. These days, however, the re-worked version is rarely used for this purpose.
Part 2 is on the next page
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| 1: Now there arose a new king | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| 2: And the children of Israel sigh'd | |
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| 3: Then sent He Moses | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| 4: They loathed to drink of the river | |
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| 5: Their land brought forth frogs | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| 6: He spake the word | |
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| 7: He gave them hailstones | |
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| 8: He sent a thick darkness | |
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| 9: He smote all the first-born of Egypt | |
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| 10: But as for His people | |
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| 11: Egypt was glad | |
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| 12: He rebuked the Red Sea | |
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| 13: He led them thro' the deep | |
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| 14: But the waters overwhelmed | |
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| 15: And Israel saw that great work | |
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| 16: And believed the Lord | |
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That's the end of Part 1. Part 2 is on the next page