David brought problems to Israel by his disobedience, his desire for pleasures coupled with his sons’ lack of discipline.

2 Samuel 11:1. And it happened at the return of the year, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they destroyed the children of Ammon and besieged Rabah. But David still stayed in Jerusalem. 2. And it was at evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house, and from the roof he saw a woman immersing herself. And the woman was very beautiful to look at. 3. And David sent and inquired after the woman. And someone said, Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? 4. And David sent messengers and took her and she came in to him, and he lay with her. She was purified from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house. 5. And the woman conceived and sent and told David and said, I am with child.