Amos 5:10

They hate him that rebuketh - “The gate” is the well-known place of concourse, where just or, in Israel now, unjust judgment was givenDeuteronomy 25:7;Job 5:4;Job 31:21;2 Samuel 15:2;Proverbs 22:22;Isaiah 29:21, where all was done which was to be done publiclyRuth 4:1,Ruth 4:11. Samaria had a large area by its chief gate, where two kings could hold court, and the 400 false prophets and the people, in great numbers, could gather1Ki 22:10;2 Chronicles 18:9, and a market could be held2 Kings 7:1. Josiah brake down an idol-shrine, which was in one of the gates of Jerusalem2 Kings 23:8. The prophets seized the opportunity of finding the people together, and preached to them there.