Nisroch

Nisroch is the name of a god mentioned in 2 Kings 19:37. There he is said to be the god of the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib. When Sennacherib goes to worship Nisroch in the god’s temple, he is murdered by his own sons.

We know the name Nisroch only from the Bible. His name is not found in Assyrian sources. Perhaps the god’s original name was deliberately or accidentally changed by Hebrew writers. Probably Nisroch is a corruption of the name Ninurta, one of the important gods in Assyria.