At the entering in of the gate; the place of judicature, to signify that this was an act of justice, and of God's righteous judgment; and the place of greatest concourse, where people went out of the city, and came into it, and whither they resorted for judgment and other occasions; that all men might behold this dreadful spectacle of Divine vengeance upon Ahab's family, and thereby might justify Jehu's cause and proceedings.
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2 Kings 10:8
8 And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning.