Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
"The Lord told Samuel"  (1 Samuel 9:15).  God, having created the universe and everything within it, might have communicated this information to Samuel in several different ways; but exactly how he did so is not revealed.  As DeHoff said, "In view of the fact that men have almost unlimited means of communication, it is a little ridiculous for critics to argue about how God communicated with Samuel."[15]