Sentence:  [T]he rest of the history of the Old Testament derives the succession of the <WSD>line</WSD> of David to the Captivity, of which <WSD>line</WSD> was to spring the restorer of the kingdom of Godnb.... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (lineage) A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare "lineage".