It's more likely the human kings who want to be worshipped and who use the image of a jealous God as a projection of their vanity to rationalize that means of political control. I talk about theism as a psychological primer for oligarchy in this article:

https://medium.com/@benjamincain8/the-theistic-priming-of-oligarchy-650f79561d68?source=friends_link&sk=82d382f3013ca58f70bcb25c1dcb60fa