Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase - Details of Securities Sold Under Agreements to Repurchase (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Short Term Debt [Line Items]
Amounts Outstanding	$ 725,490	$ 450,490
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	2.96%	2.46%
Weighted-Avg Maturity (in years)	3 years 8 months 12 days	3 years
Private Institutions
Short Term Debt [Line Items]
Amounts Outstanding	$ 725,000	$ 450,000
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	2.97%	2.46%
Weighted-Avg Maturity (in years)	3 years 8 months 12 days	3 years
Government Entities
Short Term Debt [Line Items]
Amounts Outstanding	$ 490	$ 490
Weighted-Average Interest Rate	1.55%	1.55%
Weighted-Avg Maturity (in years)	1 year 10 months 24 days	2 years 10 months 24 days

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Weighted average maturity (weighted by amount of the agreement) of repurchase agreements with the counterparty, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08(m)(1)(iii))
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Amount, before effects of master netting arrangements, of funds outstanding borrowed in the form of a security repurchase agreement between the entity and another party for the sale and repurchase of identical or substantially the same securities at a date certain for a specified price. Includes liabilities elected not to be offset. Excludes liabilities not subject to a master netting arrangement.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 55
-Paragraph 7
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=99393222&loc=SL20226000-175313

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51824906&loc=SL20225862-175312

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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