But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. ¹ 

Now ¹  let me give you some advice as to how ²  you can save your life and your son Solomon’s life.

The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served ¹  his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, ²  “How do you advise me to answer these people?”

He asked them, “How do you advise me ¹  to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?” ² 

After the king had consulted with his advisers, ¹  he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, ²  “It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”