The Trial Of Penelope In Odysseus In Homer's Odyssey

In the eighth chapter of Odysseus’ adventure, Penelope begins the trials that will decide her new husband, but no man comes close to stringing the bow of Odysseus except for Telemachus. I am curious as to why Odysseus told his son, Telemachus not to string the bow successfully. It is possible that Odysseus thinks that the suitors may attack him if they feel tricked because Penelope has chosen a task that only her son could complete. This makes sense to me and is likely the reason that Odysseus signaled Telemachus to stop. Even if Telemachus had not stopped I curious as to if the gods would have still helped Odysseus to slay the suitors.
I noticed in this chapter that we see the gods interfere blatantly this is not so much odd, as much as something

I feel I should note. Athena takes away any chance of the suitors winning their battle with Odysseus, Telemachus and the rest of their forces in the great hall. Although, one thing that stood out to me in this chapter was that Zeus so blatantly involved himself in the battle between the townspeople and Odysseus.
Even after Odysseus killed all the suitors, Penelope still had doubts of his identity. On another note, I was entertained by the way that the Penelope managed, to verify the identity and authenticity of Odysseus, she tests him simply by asking that someone moves something that should be unmoveable, but no one would know why it is immovable except the man that made the bed itself. I am under the impression that now that Odysseus, Telemachus and Penelope have been reunited they will hopefully live long and prosperous lives, while Odysseus remains king of Ithaca until he returns to the sea as an old man to die as he was told in the realm of Hades.