appears in chapter 2 of the Quran (2: 247–252), in the narrative of David and Saul's battle against the Philistines. Called in Arabic (), Goliath's mention in the Quran is concise, although it remains a parallel to the account in the Hebrew Bible. Muslim scholars have tried to trace Goliath's origins, most commonly with the Amalekites. Goliath, in early scholarly tradition, became a kind of byword or collective name for the oppressors of the Israelite nation before David. Muslim tradition sees the battle with Goliath as a prefiguration of Muhammad's battle of Badr, and sees Goliath as parallel to the enemies that Muhammad faced. Adaptations American actor Ted Cassidy portrayed Goliath in the TV series Greatest Heroes of the Bible in 1978. Italian actor Luigi Montefiori portrayed this -tall giant in Paramount's 1985 live-action film King David as part of a flashback. This film includes the King of the Philistines saying, "Goliath has challenged the Israelites six times and no one has responded." It is then on the seventh time that David meets his challenge. The PBS series Wishbone featured Goliath in its first-season episode "Little Big Dog". In 1972, Toho and Tsuburaya Productions collaborated on a film called Daigoro vs. Goliath, which follows the story relatively closely but recasts the main characters as kaiju. In 1975, Israeli band Poogy release a song called Golyat on the album Tzafoof BaOzen, loosely and humorously based on the story. Suzanne Vega's song Rock In This Pocket (Song Of David) on the album 99.9°F is based on the story. Todd Rippon portrayed Goliath in the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Giant Killer". This version is an actual giant and an old friend of Xena who was partially responsible for the giant Gareth killing his family. Like the Bible, Goliath was killed by David. This was done when Xena and those with her reflected the sunlight into his eyes. Before he died, Goliath asked Xena to avenge his family by doing away with Gareth. She managed to do that in the episode "A Day in the Life" by secretly tying a kite to him and goading Gareth to chase him which led to Gareth getting hit by one of Zeus' thunderbolts. In 2005, Lightstone Studios released a direct-to-DVD movie musical titled "One Smooth Stone", which was later changed to "David and Goliath". It is part of the Liken the Scriptures (now just Liken) series of