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David, the king of Israel, was known as a warrior — a man who fought tirelessly to establish and defend his throne. It was uncommon for him to remain at home while his troops went into battle. Interestingly, the seasons in which David withdrew from the battlefield appear to coincide with some of the most significant moral failures of his life—failures for which God held him accountable.

Perhaps he was weary of fighting. Maybe he was bored. Possibly, he felt he had finally “arrived.” Scripture does not tell us what was in his heart — only that when David stopped fighting outwardly, he became vulnerable inwardly.

Bathsheba proved to be quite the distraction.