In 1 Samuel, after Saul resolves to kill David, David runs away and hides in a cave. His brothers catch wind of where he is hiding and soon, something strange happens. 1 Samuel 22:2

“And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, gathered to him. And he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.”

I mean, I know that misery loves company, but this sounds nuts. David’s fairly comfortable life has just fallen apart and he has to run for his life from the king of Israel and his army. He finds refuge in a cave and soon there are all kinds of heavily burdened people joining him in the cave.

There are most likely some clarifying details to be found or inferred somewhere. But I just thought it was funny. Well, fitting actually.

About 900 years after David’s stay in the cave, the “Son of David”, would undergo a more profound catastrophe that David’s flight from Saul. He would be killed at the hands of his own people—the people to whom he said this:

“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

Sounds familiar. Fitting. Quite fitting.