R.H. Allen , Starnames, Their Lore and Meaning, , [1990], 125, Ideler thinks that the adoration of the S'erim, or "Devils" of the Authorized Version of our Bible, the "He Goats" of the Revision, which as we see in Leviticus xvii, 7, was specially prohibited to the Jews, may have had reference to Sirius and Procyon, the Two Sirii or Shi`rayan, that must have been well known to them in the land of their long bondage as worshipped by their taskmasters.
R.H. Allen , Starnames, Their Lore and Meaning, , [1990], 354, Cuneiform inscriptions designate Sagittarius as the Strong One, the Giant King of War, and as Illuminator of the Great City, personifying the archer god of war, Nergal or Nerigal, or under his guardianship,, as the great Lord. THis divinity is mentioned in de Second Book of Kings, xvii, 30.