32. Canst thou bring forth from their places or
houses (Mazzaloth,
2Ki 23:5,
Margin; to which Mazzaroth here is equivalent) into the
sky the signs of the Zodiac at their respective seasons--the twelve
lodgings in which the sun successively stays, or appears, in the sky?
Arcturus--Ursa Major.
his sons?--the three stars in his tail. Canst thou make them appear
in the sky?
(Job 9:9).
The great and less Bear are called by the Arabs "Daughters of the
Bier," the quadrangle being the bier, the three others the
mourners.
JFB.
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