To begin, I kept thinking that Samuel is very different than the other protagonists we've read about so far. He is the first to be telling someone else's story. Job told his and Genesis and Exodus did not have a specific author. I think that this is more reliable than the rest and it tells us a bit of his personality. As I see Samuel, he was a very obedient man who stayed very loyal to God and Israel - this isn't something new in the Bible, though.
I also think that God trusted Samuel and therefore, he secured information with him, such as knowledge of the new king. I've seen God trying to prove his followers' loyalty, never actually letting them know he trusted them.
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