stand in the gate of the children of the people] This seemeth to be the East-gate, or the Water-gate: the street whereof led up to the palace, 2 Chron. 29. 3, 4. &32. 6. Nehem. 3. 26. in all the gates of Jerusalem] Because they were places of greatest concourse, and of their usuall assemblies for civill affairs. 2 Samuel 19:8. Rth 4:1-2. Chap. 38. 7.