# Now when Joshua

Here "Now" is used to mark a stop in the main story. Here the narrator begins a summary that explains how the generations of Israelites after Joshua sinned and worshiped false gods so that Yahweh punished them, but then he would send judges to rescue them. This summary ends in 2:23.

# when Joshua ... of the land

The events of 1:1-2:5 happened after Joshua died. This is recounting events that happened at the end of the book of Joshua. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])

# to his own property

This statement can be made clearer. Alternate translation: "to the place Yahweh had given him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])