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.

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