Judges 18:1 says that Dan had no inheritance but Joshua 19:40-48 indicates otherwise. What am I missing?
Judges 18:1 ESV
In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe
of the people of Dan was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell
in, for until then no inheritance among the tribes of Israel had
fallen to them.
Joshua 19:40-48 ESV
The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the people of Dan, according
to their clans. And the territory of its inheritance included Zorah,
Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, Elon, Timnah, Ekron,
Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, and
Me-jarkon and Rakkon with the territory over against Joppa. When the
territory of the people of Dan was lost to them, the people of Dan
went up and fought against Leshem, and after capturing it and striking
it with the sword they took possession of it and settled in it,
calling Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor. This is the
inheritance of the tribe of the people of Dan, according to their
clans—these cities with their villages.
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