CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Income Statement [Abstract]
Accumulated other comprehensive income	$ 0	$ 236	$ 233	$ 566
Income tax expense from reclassification items	0	83	49	198
Unrealized (loss) gain on securities available for sale, net of reclassifications, tax	(463)	262	(1,912)	1,624
Accretion of unrealized losses on securities transferred from available for sale to held to maturity, tax	$ 10	$ 18	$ 26	$ 53

Amount of tax expense (benefit) before reclassification adjustments of unrealized holding gain (loss) related to transfers of securities into held-to-maturity category and out of the available-for-sale category.

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Amount before tax of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income for unrealized gain (loss) realized upon the sale of available-for-sale securities.

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Amount of tax expense (benefit) of reclassification adjustment from accumulated other comprehensive income of accumulated gain (loss) realized from derivative instruments designated and qualifying as the effective portion of cash flow hedges and an entity's share of an equity investee's deferred hedging gain (loss).

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