Christopher Judge (who plays Teal'c) wrote this episode and in an interview, he said he wrote it with Jolene Blalock in mind for the part of Ishta. Within just one day, she quickly accepted. Christopher and Jolene met in a makeup trailer before they were going to film and she told him she hadn't completely memorized the lines yet, so Christopher JOKINGLY responded, "I wrote this part for you and you don't even take the time to memorize them?!" Jolene didn't know he was joking and so when they get to the set, she was in tears. Christopher tried to explain he was only joking. Later he got a call from the producers who said straight up, "Chris, what did you do?!?" He explained he was only joking and then he talked to Jolene again and told her it was all a misunderstanding. After all, he wrote the part for her and was thrilled she was there.
Moloch, or Molech, was a god of the Ammonites, Canaanites, and others in the first millennium BC. The Torah books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy command against giving your children through fire to Moloch.
Jolene Blalock (Ishta) was on Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) with John Billingsley (Dr. Simon Coombs). They played Commander T'Pol and Dr. Phlox respectively.