Gold was Used for Sacred Candlesticks
Source: TTT
Exodus 25:31
Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
2 Chronicles 4:7, 20
He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. / the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;