Not obeying the king's command is spoken of as if they had physically moved it away from them. Nebuchadnezzar refers to himself in the third person. Alternate translation: "they ignored my command" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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]])