In Alma 50:37-40 we find that upon the death of Nephihah, the second chief judge, his son was appointed to fill the judgment-seat, "and his name was Pahoran." According to Royal Skousen, the correct spelling of the name should be Parhoron; the first four occurrences of this name [in the Original Manuscript] were spelled Parhoron (Alma 50:40, 52:2-3), not Pahoran (as it appears in the current text) or Parhoran (as it appears in Alma 51:7. [Royal Skousen, "Translating the Book of Mormon, Evidence from the Original Manuscript," in Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, p. 70]
Alma 50:39-40 The son of Nephihah [Pahoran] was appointed to fill the judgment-seat (Nephite Chief Priests) [[Illustration]]: Nephite Chief Priests. Adapted from [John W. Welch and Morgan A. Ashton, "Charting the Book of Mormon," Packet 1, F.A.R.M.S., 1997]