CHADIAS, THEY OF; CHADIASANS kā’ dĭ əs, kā’ dĭ ā’ sənz (Χαδιάσαι, Χαδάσαι). The inhabitants of Chadias were exiles who returned with Zerubbabel and the Ammidians (1 Esd 5:20). They do not appear in Ezra and Nehemiah. Some connect them with the people of Kedesh (Josh 15:23) or of Hadashah or Adasa.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)

ka’-di-as, ka’-di-a-si; (the [[Revised Version]] (British and American) Codex Alexandrinus, Chadasai; Codex Vaticanus, hoi Chadiasai): The inhabitants of the city here referred to returned with Zerubbabel, along with the Ammidioi (1Es 5:20). The name is not found in Ezra and Nehemiah. The Chadiasai have been taken for the people of Kadesh and the Ammidioi for the people of Humtah (Jos 15:54). Possibly the place is identical with Kedesh of Jos 15:23.