Matthew 1

- God changed Abram's name to Abraham "for I will make you a father of many nations." Abram was the first God told to change his name.

The following list has the number of times that the person's name is in the Bible with the link to BibleGateway.com
- Abram - 54 - God changed his name to Abraham.
- Abraham - 236
- Isaac - 128
- Jacob - 375 - God changed his name to "Israel because you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
- Israel - 2,405
- Perez - 17
- Hezron - 19
- Aram - 145
- Amminadab - 14
- Nahshon - 11
- Salmon - 5
- Boaz - 27
- Obed - 26
- Ruth - 23
- Jesse - 34
- "King" David - 838
- Solomon - 234
- Rehoboam - 48
- Abijah - 24
- Asa - 51
- Jehoshaphat - 74
- Joram - 25
- Uzziah - 28
- Jotham - 25
- Ahaz - 40
- Hezekiah - 121
- Manasseh - 125
- Amon - 16
- Josiah - 49
- Jechoniah - 2
- Shealtiel - 12
- Zerubbabel - 23
- Abiud - 1
- Eliakim - 14
- Azor - 2
- Zadok - 49
- Achim - 1
- Eliud - 2
- Eleazar - 70
- Matthan - 1
- Jacob - The father of Joseph the husband of Mary of gave birth to Jesus.

I understand that the following images may not make the blog look pleasant, but as I was searching for a photo to put at the top of the page, I found these other charts and thought they were useful.