Jehucal or Jucal (Hebrew ÃÂðÃÂÃÂüÃÂֈYÃÂhà «á¸µal) is a Hebrew name referring to a particular person in the Hebrew Bible. Using the biblical source he would have lived around the late 7th century to early 6th century BC. The name was also found in Tell Es-Safi and in one of the Arad letters.
Jehucal is only mentioned in chapters 37 and 38 of the Book of Jeremiah:
Excavations conducted by the Ir David Foundation in the City of David uncovered a bulla (clay seal) bearing his name in 2005. It read yhwkl bn à ¡lmyhw bn à ¡by: Yehukal son of Shelemyahu son of Shebi. Written in the paleo-Hebrew alphabet, it is part of a larger group of artifacts known as Canaanite and Aramaic seal inscriptions.