1 Samuel 9:18
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate,.... Either at the door of his own house, just as he was coming out of it, or within the gate of the city as Saul entered that, Samuel came to it, in order to…
Providence having at length brought Samuel and Saul together, we have here an account of what passed between them in the gate, at the feast, and in private.
I. In the gate of the city; passing through…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
in the gate Heb. " In the midst of the gate," i.e. the gateway, where they would naturally halt to inquire for the Seer's house.