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heaps of slain, great piles of bodies
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and indicate that there were so many dead bodies that the attackers piled them in heaps. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)
bodies
bodies of people who have died
There is no end to the bodies
The words "no end" are an exaggeration for the great number of bodies that the attackers piled into heaps. Alternate translation: "There are too many bodies to count" or "There are a great number of bodies" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole)