defeat <2SA15 -34> But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto, so [will] I now also [be] thy servant: then mayest thou for me {defeat} the counsel of Ahithophel. defeat <2SA17 -14> And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to {defeat} the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evi l upon Absalom. ~~~~~~