Did Caleb capture Hebron before or after Joshua's death?

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Did Caleb capture Hebron before or after Joshua's death?

The LORD swore in De 1:

35 ‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, 36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the LORD!’

It was fulfilled in Joshua 15:

13 According to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak). 14 And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

Caleb captured Hebron before Joshua's death.

But the parallel account in Judges 1:

1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

10 Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

The above verse could be a flashback to Josh 15:14.

Did Caleb capture Hebron before or after Joshua's death?

God promised to give Caleb the land he trod on. He probably received the land before Joshua died.