Which clan inherited Eshtaol and Zorah -- Judah or Dan?

Joshua 15:20, 33, "This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, clan by clan... In the western foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah..."

Joshua 19:40-41, "The seventh lot came out for the tribe of Dan, clan by clan. The territory of their inheritance included: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh..."

According to Joshua chapter 15, the tribe of Judah inherited the lands of Eshtaol and Zorah, however, according to Joshua chapter 19, these lands were inherited by the tribe of Dan.


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

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