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.

Introduction

I suppose I should have an introduction to a blog. I am starting this blog so that I will continue with the blog :) I would like to read through the Bible, there is a Bible reading plan by Grant Horner that I have attempted twice before, but fizzled out. It is a lot of reading in one day for me as I like listening to audio or have visual instead and I believe that is why I have fizzled out. Also, I do like studying and find sometimes if I am wizzing through the material than, I may not get as much out of it and it may not be as beneficial for me, in my mind at least. So, that is why I have started this blog, so I can type down information that I have learned from my reading and apply it to my life. I would love to have an entry everyday with reading that I have done, I know that it may not happen that way, but it is still a goal of mine. - Justin