In the gate. — The LXX. (Greek Version) here reads, “in the midst of the city.” It is not improbable that this is the original reading, it being very possible for a scribe to write the Hebrew word “gate” for “city.”
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1 Samuel 9:18
18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.