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.