(powerful), son of Shelemiah. (Jeremiah 38:1)
Jucal
Jucal is a royal official in Jerusalem during its last, anxious days. King Zedekiah sent him, spelled Jehucal in one verse, to the prophet Jeremiah with a plain request: “Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.” Not long after, Jucal is named among the men who heard Jeremiah telling people to surrender to the Babylonians. The princes then asked the king to put the prophet to death, saying he weakened the hands of the soldiers. The same man who asked for Jeremiah’s prayers helped call for his silence. Jeremiah 37:3 and 38:1-6 tell it.
3 verses
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 37:3
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Jeremiah 38:1
Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
Jeremiah 38:4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884