Self-Will and Stubbornness: Exhibited in Refusing to Hearken to the Messengers of God

Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.