Solomon
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Biblical figure.
Solomon (also called Jedidiah) was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as the penultimate ruler of all Twelve Tribes of Israel under a united Israel and Judah. His reign is hypothesized to have lasted from 970 to 931 B.C.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Boss John McGinty mentioned that the dispute between Scowrers Lander and Egan was a business that needed a Solomon in judgment to set it right (VALL 3696).
