1 Chronicles 10:8
Good News Translation
The day after the battle the Philistines went to plunder the corpses, and they found the bodies of Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.

New Revised Standard Version
The next day when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Contemporary English Version
The next day the Philistines came back to the battlefield to carry away the weapons of the dead Israelite soldiers. When they found the bodies of Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa,

New American Bible
On the following day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe.

to strip

1 Samuel 31:8 And on the morrow the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying in mount Gelboe.

2 Kings 3:23 And they said: It is the blood of the sword: the kings have fought among themselves, and they have killed one another: go now, Moab, to the spoils.

2 Chronicles 20:25 Then Josaphat came, and all the people with him to take away the spoils of the dead, and they found among the dead bodies, stuff of various kinds, and garments, and most precious vessels: and they took them for themselves, insomuch that they could not carry all, nor in three days take away the spoils, the booty was so great.

Context
The Philistines Possess the Towns
7And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them. 8And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe.9And when they had stripped him, and out off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:2
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

1 Chronicles 10:7
And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.

1 Chronicles 10:9
And when they had stripped him, and out off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.

1 Chronicles 10:7
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