Dawud

Islamic views on David (Arabic: داود, Daud or Dawud‎) (circa 1043 BC - 937 BC?) are unified in his status as appointed prophet, messenger ("Rasul"), and lawgiver of God, and as a righteous King of the United Kingdom of Israel, which itself is a holy country in Islam. David is perhaps most famous in Islam for defeating the Philistine giant Goliath, when he was a soldier in King Saul's army.