"... the problem here is that every element he highlights is just as easily accounted for in royal terms. The combined ἔρχοµαι + προσκυνέω (2:2, 8, 11) which is said to “denote a cultic action in the Septuagint” is also used to describe the approach and reverence of royal figures (LXX Genesis 37:10; 42:6; compare Judith 10:23) ... a common way of describing a cultic action by the combined use of ἔρχοµαι + προσκυνέω. While my own investigation did confirm some use of these paired terms in the context of cultic activity such as LXX Deuteronomy 17:3; Jeremiah 33:2 ... Similarly, the combined προσϕέρω + δῶρον (2:11) may often be used in the LXX for cultic offerings to God (particularly throughout Leviticus and Numbers), but it is also often used for tribute paid to royalty (LXX Genesis 43:26; Judges 3:17–18; 3 Kingdoms 2:46), most notably in LXX Psalm 71:10 which, as already noted, is widely accepted as a key background text for Matthew 2 ..."