Rashi on I Samuel Chapter 31
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וּפְלִשְׁתִּים נִלְחָמִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל. כְּאָדָם הָאוֹמֵר נַחֲזוֹר לְעִנְיָן רִאשׁוֹן:
The Philistines were battling with Yisroel. As a person saying, 'Let us go back to the earlier topic.'
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֵלָיו. כְּמוֹ עָלָיו, עַל שָׁאוּל:
About him. Meaning the same as עָלָיו [about him], i.e., about Shaul.
וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ אוֹתָם שָׁם. תַּרְגּוּם: ״וּקְלוֹ עֲלֵיהוֹן כְּמָא דְקָלָן עַל מַלְכַיָּא״ תַּמָּן, כִּדְתְנַן (עבודה זרה יא א) שׂוֹרְפִין עַל הַמְּלָכִים וְלֹא מִדַּרְכֵי הָאֱמוֹרִי:
And burned them there. [Targum renders,] "And they burned for them¹ as they burn for the kings there." As we learned:² We perform the burning [ritual] at [the burial of] kings, and it is not [considered] an Amorite custom.
footnotes: ¹ I.e., they burned incense to cover the odor and prevent the decay of the bodies.—Radak ² A king’s personal belongings are burned at his death to prevent other people from using them, as stated in Maseches Avoda Zarah 11a.