[2]In 1596, it was named as a village, "Bint Jubayl" in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 238 households and 60 bachelors, all Muslim.

The villagers paid taxes on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues", a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed sum; a total of 25,220 akçe.

[8] In 1936, the "tobacco revolt" against French rule broke out in Bint Jbeil following the killing of three protesters by gendarmes.

The town, politically divided between the pro-French Bazzi landowners and Beydoun merchants, was a significant tobacco producer in Lebanon.

The conflict also revealed tensions between the religious leadership, represented by 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din, and the emerging political activists.

Sharaf al-Din supported the return of Muhammad Said Bazzi, a pro-French figure, to Bint Jbeil, which led to public backlash and mockery.

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Israel began an offensive against Hezbollah and the conquest of Bint Jbeil was one of the first objectives for the IDF.

[16] In four days of fighting seventeen Israeli soldiers were killed and most of the town destroyed (See Battle of Bint Jbeil).

[18] Then-Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the town in 2010 to show solidarity for Hezbollah and the local victims of Israel's attacks.