Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Kings 9:19

"and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion." — 1 Kings 9:19 (ASV)

That which Solomon desired to build. —See, in Ecclesiastes 2:4-10, the description of the vineyards, and gardens, and orchards, in Jerusalem, with trees of all manner of fruits and pools of water, whatsoever mine eyes desired; and in Song of Solomon 2:10–13; Song of Solomon 4:8; Song of Solomon 7:11–13, the vivid pictures of the pleasure-gardens of Lebanon. The text seems evidently to refer to these, in contradistinction from the cities of commercial and military importance previously mentioned.