"Fifth level in the palace. Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said that when Moses ascended to heaven and the Israelites sinned, five destructive angels appeared before him. These are: Af (Anger), Chima (Wrath), Ketzef (Fury), Hashmed (Destruction), and Mashchit (Corruption). Mashchit is the angel of destruction, Ketzef is the angel of fury, Hashmed is the angel of destruction, Chima is the angel of wrath, and Af is the angel of anger.
Moses saw them and asked God what to do, and he said before him, "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants" (Exodus 32:13). At that moment, God was filled with mercy, as it says, "And the Lord was sorry for the evil" (Exodus 32:14), and three of the destructive angels disappeared, leaving only Af and Chima. Moses was still afraid of them, as it says, "And he said to destroy them, if not for Moses, his chosen one" (Psalms 106:23).
He said to God, "I cannot defeat them alone, rise up in your anger" (Psalms 7:7), which is what is written, "Rise up, O Lord, in your anger" (Psalms 7:7). How do we know that Moses was angry? As it says, "And he said to destroy them, if not for Moses, his chosen one" (Psalms 106:23), and it says, "I have no anger" (Isaiah 27:4). And at that hour, he said, "I praise the dead" (Ecclesiastes 4:2).
Samuel explained a verse about David, that when Solomon was building the Temple, he asked for fire to come down from heaven, but it did not come down until Solomon prayed and said, "Remember the kindness of David, your servant" (2 Chronicles 6:42). Immediately, the fire came down, as it says, "And when Solomon finished praying, the fire came down from heaven" (2 Chronicles 7:1)."