# they set aside my command

Not obeying the king's command is spoken of as if they had physically moved it away from them. Alternate translation: "they ignored my command" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# they gave up their bodies

This phrase refers to the three men's willingness to die for what they believed. Alternate translation: "they were willing to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# prostrate themselves to

People would do this to worship their gods. Alternate translation: "stretch themselves out on the ground face down in honor of" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# any god except their God

"any other god except their God"