The god of King Sennacherib, in whose temple at Nineveh the king was assassinated by Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons (2 Kgs 19:37; Is 37:38). Nisroch was the city god of Nineveh, the chief capital of the Assyrian Empire; he was perhaps identical with the Assyrian god Nusku.
Nisroch
From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.