In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day [their] inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel.
"The Danites sought them an inheritance"  (Judges 18:1).  The Danites indeed had been allotted their inheritance in Canaan, but their distress was due to the encroachment against their territory: (1) first by the Amorites  (Joshua 3:10 and (2) also by the Philistines  (Judges 13:1,5;  Judges 14:4; and  Judges 15:11).  It is a mistake to hold the Danites guiltless in this situation.  "Their failure to drive out the Amorites was not due to lack of power, but to lack of faith.  The Danites had two choices: