Note:
(a) 马里兰州贝塞斯达市 Bethesda, Maryland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland
("It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House (1820,
rebuilt 1849), which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda
. (In Aramaic, beth hesda means 'house of mercy'.)")
(b) Landon School
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landon_School
(A private school for boys in grades 3-12, founded in 1929 by Paul Landon
Banfield)
Quote: "Ancestrally, they claim descent from a group of Israelite
inhabitants who have connections to ancient Samaria from the beginning of
the Babylonian Exile up to the beginning of the Common Era. The Samaritans,
however, derive their name not from this geographical designation, but
rather from the Hebrew term שַמֶרִי
;ם, 'Keepers [of the Law]'