On the morrow: in the preceding verse the action is interrupted to state that the Philistine soldiers occupied various Israelite towns. The time indicated by the noun morrow is the day after the battle described in verses 1-6.

To strip the slain: the slain is literally “the pierced” (see verse 1). Some languages will have specific words for dead bodies, such as “corpses” (see also verses 10 and 12). New Century Version may be a helpful model: “to take all the valuable things from the dead soldiers.”

Instead of fallen it may be clearer in certain languages to say “lying dead” (Contemporary English Version). Good News Translation and Bible en français courant speak of the dead “bodies” of Saul and his sons.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .