Zechariah is awakened from sleep by the interpreting angel and asked what he sees. Before him is a sold gold lamp stand that stands between two olive trees. He knows that olive trees are, as well as the lamp stand, but does not know what the vision means. Ultimately, what is pictured is two anointed men standing by the Lord of the whole earth. One is the High Priest, Joshua, and the second, is Zerubbabel, the Governor and builder of the Temple. The latter is a prince in the line of King David, who is serving the Persians as an administrator over the very lands and city that would have been his inheritance.
