[The city of Jerusalem] lies between the two major ancient highways in the Middle East, the so-called Via Maris (“Way of the Sea” [דרך הים]” [cf. Isa 9:1]) and the King’s Highway (דרך המלך; derekh ha-melekh) (cf. Num. 20:17; 21:22), as well as dissecting the north-south route of the land of Israel . . . (Hilary Le Cornu and Joseph Shulam, A Commentary on the Jewish Roots of Galatians [Jerusalem: Netivyah Bible Instruction Ministry, 2005], 55)