Which prophet saw a vision of a golden menorah with two olive trees?

Zechariah saw a vision of a golden menorah-like lampstand with two olive trees.

The vision appears in Zechariah 4, the fifth of the book's eight night visions. Zechariah sees a gold lampstand with a bowl, seven lamps, and two olive trees standing on either side. The trees supply golden oil through channels, creating an image of continuous divine provision.

The angel connects the vision with Zerubbabel, the Persian-appointed governor of Judah, and declares that the Temple project will succeed “not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit.” The two olive trees are identified as two anointed figures, traditionally understood as Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel.

The vision belongs to the post-exilic period, around 520 BCE, when the Jerusalem Temple was being rebuilt. It is easy to confuse this image with the Temple menorah or with later Christian interpretations of olive-tree symbolism, but Zechariah's specific vision is distinctive: the lampstand, the two trees, and the two leaders appear together in chapter 4.