samael is often accorded with satan because he often has grim and destructive duties. he is often considered a fallen angel, like satan and the chief of the evil spirits. one of samael's roles in jewish beliefs is that of the angel of death. in this belief, he is a fallen angel but remains one of the lord's servants. as a good angel, samael supposedly lives in the seventh heaven, although he is said to be the chief angel of the fifth heaven.