↑Josephus Flavius. "Jewish War, book 3, chapter 3:4-5". Fordham.edu. Inarkibo mula sa orihinal noong 2023-04-29. Nakuha noong 2012-12-31 – sa pamamagitan ni/ng Ancient History Sourcebook: Josephus (37 – after 93 CE): Galilee, Samaria, and Judea in the First Century CE.
↑The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia, 15th edition, 1987, volume 25, "Palestine", p. 403
↑ 4.04.1Mills, Watson E.; Bullard, Roger Aubrey, mga pat. (1990). Mercer Dictionary of the Bible. Mercer University Press. pp. 788–789. ISBN9780865543737. Nakuha noong 31 May 2018. Sargon ... named the new province, which included what formerly was Israel,Samerina. Thus the territorial designation is credited to the Assyrians and dated to that time; however, "Samaria" probably long before alteratively designated Israel when Samaria became the capital.
↑Emma Playfair (1992). International Law and the Administration of Occupied Territories: Two Decades of Israeli Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Oxford University Press. p. 41. On 17 December 1967, the Israeli military government issued an order stating that "the term 'Judea and Samaria region' shall be identical in meaning for all purposes ... to the term 'the West Bank Region'". This change in terminology, which has been followed in Israeli official statements since that time, reflected a historic attachment to these areas and rejection of a name that was seen as implying Jordanian sovereignty over them.