David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel and he set masons to cut worked stones to build God's house.

And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

The skills required to carve these sculptures were developed hundreds of years earlier, as demonstrated by some artifacts that have been dated to the seventh century, before the Khmer came to power.