Beside the way of the gate - See Ruth 4:1 note.
Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 15:2
2 Samuel 15:2
2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy camea to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.