A misleading model came from earthly monarchy: just as a king grants limited duties to trusted deputies, some supposed that God’s exclusive affairs were independently allotted to favored beings.
The analogy fails because a human ruler is limited, whereas divine knowledge and power are not subject to such deficiencies. A worldly sovereign may need delegated assistance; the Creator is not dependent upon deputies in the same way.
Testing an analogy requires asking whether the similarity is relevant to the property being inferred. A superficial resemblance does not justify importing every feature of human government into divine sovereignty.